An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport, police said Monday.
The couple and their five children were late for a charter flight to Paris Sunday and made a mad dash to the gate. In the confusion, their daughter got lost.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a policeman found her wandering in the duty-free area at Ben-Gurion airport, Israel's bustling main international air portal. He said the officer alerted airline staff, but the flight had already taken off.
Israeli media said the parents were an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple but did not give their names.
Rosenfeld said the parents were unaware they had boarded the aircraft with only four children instead of five until they were informed by cabin staff after 40 minutes in the air.
The child, accompanied by an airline staffer, took the next flight to Paris where she was safely reunited with her parents.
Rosenfeld said police would question the couple when they return from vacation, on suspicion of parental negligence.
I clearly do not think this was a deliberate act of negligence.
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No, but at the same time, if I had 5 kids and I deliberately got on an airplane, I would also deliberately count my children as they walk on the plane...in FRONT of me.
No, but at the same time, if I had 5 kids and I deliberately got on an airplane, I would also deliberately count my children as they walk on the plane...in FRONT of me.
I'm gonna get hit for this ... maybe they saw a "SALE" sign on the loading ramp ??
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Hey, the Duggers can keep 17 children straight (#18's on the way) and John and Kate Gosselin can keep their "plus 8" straight, then I feel no pity for someone with a "measley" 5 kids. They should know better or pull along a few extra chaparones.
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