Parents abandon their ticketless baby at Israeli airport check-in
Global News
Parents and their infant arrived at check-in for a Ryanair flight from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel to Brussels, Belgium, and the child was left behind.
A baby was abandoned at an airport check-in desk in Tel Aviv, Israel after his parents learned they had not purchased a plane ticket for the infant.
The parents, who have not been publicly identified, were travelling on a Ryanair flight from Ben Gurion International Airport to Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday. The local news outlet Channel 12 reported that both parents have Belgian passports.
The family arrived late to the check-in counter, which had already closed. Either unwilling or unable to buy a ticket for the infant, the unnamed parents left the baby in its carrier and hurriedly attempted to board the plane.
Shocked airport employees reported the incident to security. In grainy cellphone footage recorded from the check-in desk, and obtained by Channel 12, one clerk is seen investigating the baby carrier.
“She left him here, I swear!” the check-in clerk said in Hebrew.
Ryanair provided a statement to CNN confirming that the parents “presented at check-in without a booking for their infant.”
“They then proceeded to security leaving the infant behind at check-in,” the statement continues.
Officials retrieved the parents and turned the matter over to police.