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Plane turns around after mom on board realizes she left her baby in the terminal
Yahoo Lifestyle
March 12, 2019
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The flight crew quickly informed the pilot that a passenger had left her baby at the airport. (Photo: Getty)
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Saudia Airlines pilot and air traffic control, which was uploaded to YouTube, has since gone viral." A subsequent conversation between the Saudia Airlines pilot and air traffic control, which was uploaded to YouTube, has since gone viral.
“May God be with us. Can we come back or what?” the pilot can be heard saying over the radio.
“This flight is requesting to come back … a passenger forgot her baby in the waiting area, the poor thing,” someone can be heard saying.
Seemingly struggling to believe the request, staffers asked the pilot to explain the scenario one more time for good measure.
“We told you, a passenger left her baby in the terminal and refuses to continue the flight,” the pilot replied.
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The Saudia flight bound for Kuala Lumpur eventually returned to the airport in Jeddah. (Photo: Getty)
Describing it as “a totally new one for us,” air traffic control granted the flight permission to return.
While the distressed mother was reunited with her child, there are mixed reports as to how the baby was left behind in the first place.
Twitter user Fahad M. Al Barrak, who shared the original audio of the incident, said the baby had been left with its sister, who boarded the wrong bus at the terminal.
When the mother realized the pair hadn’t made the flight, she insisted the plane turn round, Al Barrak claimed.
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Yahoo Lifestyle
March 12, 2019
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The flight crew quickly informed the pilot that a passenger had left her baby at the airport. (Photo: Getty)
Gulf News.
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Saudia Airlines pilot and air traffic control, which was uploaded to YouTube, has since gone viral." A subsequent conversation between the Saudia Airlines pilot and air traffic control, which was uploaded to YouTube, has since gone viral.
“May God be with us. Can we come back or what?” the pilot can be heard saying over the radio.
“This flight is requesting to come back … a passenger forgot her baby in the waiting area, the poor thing,” someone can be heard saying.
Seemingly struggling to believe the request, staffers asked the pilot to explain the scenario one more time for good measure.
“We told you, a passenger left her baby in the terminal and refuses to continue the flight,” the pilot replied.
View photos
The Saudia flight bound for Kuala Lumpur eventually returned to the airport in Jeddah. (Photo: Getty)
Describing it as “a totally new one for us,” air traffic control granted the flight permission to return.
While the distressed mother was reunited with her child, there are mixed reports as to how the baby was left behind in the first place.
Twitter user Fahad M. Al Barrak, who shared the original audio of the incident, said the baby had been left with its sister, who boarded the wrong bus at the terminal.
When the mother realized the pair hadn’t made the flight, she insisted the plane turn round, Al Barrak claimed.
Saudia for comment." Yahoo has contacted Saudia for comment.
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