Posted on 02/07/2023 3:18:17 PM PST by nickcarraway
Late for their flight to Belgium on Tuesday (Jan 31), one couple realised they needed to buy an additional ticket for their baby only after they arrived at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.
The pair elected not to fork out money for the extra ticket. They left their child at the check-in counter’s baggage conveyor belt and made a dash to clear security in an attempt to board their Ryanair flight to Brussels.
The pair, who hold Belgian passports, were informed by staff at the closed check-in counter that they had to buy an extra seat for their baby, local news outlet Kan reported on Tuesday.
In footage recorded on a smartphone circulating online, airline staff can be seen uncovering a blanket in a carrier to find the baby inside, reportedly saying in Hebrew the baby was left there.
Officials said it was unclear whether the couple were unable or unwilling to buy a ticket for their child.
They were reportedly urged by Ryanair staff to return for their child and were ultimately detained by airport security and Israeli police. They missed their flight, news agency Israel Today said on Tuesday.
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A Ryanair manager at the airport told Israeli news outlet Channel 12: “All our staff were in shock. We’ve never encountered anything like this. We couldn’t believe what we were seeing.”
According to Ryanair’s website, babies can travel with their parents for a €25 (S$36) charge – or the local currency equivalent – for “each one-way flight the baby takes while sitting on an adult’s lap”. Parents can also choose to buy a separate seat.
A police spokesman said the matter appeared to have been resolved by the time police arrived at the airport.
“The baby was with the parents and there’s no further investigation,” the spokesman told CNN.
“The baby was with the parents and there’s no further investigation,” the spokesman told CNN.
WTF?
Wow.
There should be an investigation! Who does that with their child?
Now THAT’S cheap!
Child trafficking? First time out and they didn’t know they needed a separate ticket. Ran because they didn’t want to be linked to the child?
Was it really their baby, or a rented / stolen one, that so many of our newly imported Democrat Voters use for sympathy and extra free stuff when they cross the border?
I wonder if that was really their own child.
I could not imagine otherwise.
Not sure this is the whole story here. Either the baby was older, or there was someone who agreed to take care of the baby.
I’m definitely thinking child trafficking.
Really ! A proper euro-socialist, progressive or liberal would have just tossed it in the trash can.
Or just killed it earlier in the morning when it was hungry. I mean, it’s her choice, remember ?
“The baby was with the parents and there’s no further investigation,”
Wow, one can fly for free using this method, “Honey, I’m going to leave you right here and they will reunite us later.”
“ Was it really their baby…”
Apparently not I would say. What would king solomon say
Sad I remember when the same thing happened to Joe Dirt.
Yes, that is insane. They will probably sell that child at some point. God help that little one.
Liberals. This is what happens when the killing of preborn children is actually celebrated in some societies. It cheapens life to some.
They lost their minds.
On the other hand, babies do love carousels.
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