The mother realised only after the plane had taken off.
Published: Tue 12 Mar 2019, 12:33 PM
Updated: Tue 12 Mar 2019, 2:38 PM
Forgetting bags, phones or other valuables at the airport is not uncommon.
But one unusual incident became a talking point on social media after a mother forgot her baby at the Jeddah airport and realised only after the Kuala-Lumpur-bound plane had taken off.
According to reports in News18, authorities at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport were left struggling to take a decision on the bizarre situation when the pilot requested to turn back to the airport.
In the conversation between the pilot and ATC officials which went viral, the pilot can be heard informing the officials that a mother onboard the plane had forgotten her baby at the terminal's waiting area.
The pilot can be heard saying: "This flight is requesting to come back.a passenger forgot her baby in the waiting area, the poor thing. May God be with us. Can we come back or what?" Trying to establish a protocol for the situation, the flight operator can be heard discussing with the colleagues to reach a decision.
Informing that the mother is refusing to continue the flight, the pilot further says: "We told you, a passenger left her baby in the terminal and refuses to continue the flight." Finally, the flight get clearance to return and the flight operator can be heard saying: "Ok, head back to the gate. This is totally a new one for us!" It is reported that the mother and baby were reunited.
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