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Parents, who were traveling with another child, chose to leave the child alone in the terminal while waiting for a family member to pick him up, in the The only goal of not missing their flight and to continue their vacation.
According to the testimony of an airline coordinator at Barcelona airport, @limasin41 on Tiktok, the child had a valid Spanish passportbut did not have the visa necessary to take the plane, which prevented him from embarking.
Faced with this situation, the parents made the confusing decision to Contact a loved one to take care of the childwhich allowed them to maintain their vacation projects without giving up their tickets. However, they left for their boarding gate, leaving the 10 -year -old child alone in the terminal.
The situation was publicly denounced by the airline coordinator herself in a video broadcast on social media, where she expressed her disbelief in the face of what she was witness. “I am a air coordinator and, as a coordinator, I saw a lot, but this was completely surreal,” said the employee in her message on Tiktok.
Police intervention and consequences
The case did not go unnoticed with the airport authorities. After several announcements by loudspeaker without anyone taking care of the childthe security agents were informed of the details of the situation. In the end, the couple could not take off by leaving the child behind them.
The police intervention was immediate: “Police took the parents and the other child to the land zone police station, where the ten -year -old boy was,” explains the air coordinator.
The most striking aspect of the case is theParents’ attitude which, according to the testimony of the employee of theairport, “considered it very normal”, A perception that was not divided by the complainant or by the security forces which intervened in the incident.