Both parents were stopped by security personnel at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport and detained by Israeli police.
Surreal scene this Tuesday at Tel Aviv airport, report our colleagues from The Times of Israël, relayed by TF1info. A couple planning to fly to Brussels, Belgium, abandoned their baby and attempted to board a Ryanair-operated flight.
Arriving late at Ben Gurion Airport, they had planned to take their child with them, but had not purchased a ticket for the little boy.
“All the employees were in shock”
Rather than finding seats on a subsequent flight, they rushed through the security gate to board, leaving the baby at the check-in counter. They were quickly intercepted by airport personnel. The couple was ordered to pick up their child, before being arrested by the police.
“All the employees were in shock. We have never seen anything like it. We couldn’t believe our eyes”, assured the company Ryanair in a press release taken up by the local press, indicates TF1info.
The police have been seized of the case, and “it is not known if the couple and the baby ended up on the plane”, explains The Times of Israël.