Beiruting - Life Style Blog - Saudi plane turns around after mother forgets baby at airport
previous article
next article
Saudi plane turns around after mother forgets baby at airport
(World News) 5 years ago

A Malaysia-bound plane had to turn back to Saudi Arabia after a passenger realised she had left her baby in the terminal.

The pilot, en route to Kuala Lumpur, made the unusual request to return to the airport in Jeddah shortly after takeoff when the passenger told cabin crew she had forgotten her child.

A video of the pilot calling into air traffic control reveals the unusual exchange between him and the operators, as he asks for permission to go back to King Abdulaziz airport.

"May God be with us. Can we come back?" the pilot asks. The scenario, seemingly a first for the air traffic controllers, leaves the operator confounded and he can be heard conferring with others over the appropriate action.

"This flight is requesting to come back," he tells another colleague. "A passenger forgot her baby in the waiting area, the poor thing."

The pilot can be heard repeating to the air traffic operator: "I told you, a passenger has left her baby in the terminal and she is refusing to continue the flight."


.

fter a brief pause, the flight was given permission to return to the hub. “OK, head back to the gate,” the air traffic controllers said. “This is totally a new one for us.”

It is rare for planes to turn around or divert midair for anything other than technical or passenger health reasons.

In 2013, an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York diverted to Kansas City because of a “very unruly passenger” who refused to stop singing Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You.

In New York the following year, a taxiing plane heading to Seoul returned to the gate after the South Korean airline heiress Cho Hyun-ah forced a senior crew member to disembark because she had been served macadamia nuts from a packet instead of a bowl.

 

Source : Guardian

FIND YOUR PLACE
search
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
Hilton
Enjoy views of Beirut city from Hilton
Enjoy stunning views of Beirut city and the majestic Mount Lebanon from Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand hotel. Ideally locat... read more
CHARLES DE GAULLE STREET HORSH TABE, BEIRUT,L
09 901 701 - 70 50 40 04
view map
Kempinski Summerland Hotel
Luxury 5 Star Resort
Welcome to Kempinski Summerland Hotel & Resort Beirut, where luxury unfolds in the heart of a historic city.  A mesm... read more
Jnah
09 901 701 - 70 50 40 04
view map
Phoenicia Hotel Beirut
Everybody's elite destination
Lebanon - a colorful Mediterranean country with a magnificent climate, full of unexpected contrasts. It is rich in histo... read more
Minet El HosnBeirut, Lebanon 11846
09 901 701 - 70 50 40 04
view map
Le Gray Beirut
Simply Seductive…
  With the opening of Le Gray, Beirut finally has the hotel it deserves – a contemporary luxury hotel as stylish as the... read more
Martyrs’ Square, Beirut Central District
09 901 701 - 70 50 40 04
view map
The Smallville Hotel
Come in as a guest,leave as a hero
Conveniently located in the charming neighborhood of Badaro, The Smallville Hotel delivers a heroic experience like no o... read more
Damascus Street, Museum District,Badaro, Beir
09 901 701 - 70 50 40 04
view map
FEATURED EVENTS
  • online ordering system for restaurants
  • The best online ordering systems for restaurants
  •