Movie 'Home Alone' Becomes Reality... 6-Year-Old Boards Wrong Plane Without Companion

Guardian handed over to crew member, but accident occurred
Airline says, "Under internal investigation"... No explanation of circumstances

A 6-year-old American child who set off alone without a guardian to spend the Christmas holiday at his grandmother's house accidentally boarded the wrong plane.

Spirit Airlines. [Image source provided by Spirit Airlines]

On the 25th (local time), CBS and other U.S. media reported that the child, who was supposed to travel unaccompanied from Philadelphia to Fort Myers, Florida, mistakenly boarded a Spirit Airlines flight bound for Orlando. Fort Myers and Orlando are 160 miles (257 km) apart.

The boy, aged 6, boarded the plane without a guardian to visit his grandmother, Maria Ramos. The boy's mother handed him over to the flight attendants with the necessary documents, but somehow the child ended up on the wrong flight. The airline stated, "The child was under the care of our staff, and as soon as the mistake was discovered, we immediately contacted the family."

The boy's grandmother, Ramos, said, "They told me 'the child did not board the plane and missed the flight,' and said it was impossible because I had the check-in ticket."

She continued, "I ran into the plane and asked the flight attendants where my grandson was and if he had been handed over to them, but the attendants only said they never took the child on board."

Ramos was only able to get in touch with the airline after some time. She said she heard that her grandson was in Orlando and expressed anger, saying, "I want to know what happened. After the child's mother handed him over to the flight attendants with the documents, did the attendants leave the child alone? Why did the child board the wrong plane alone?"

Ramos drove about four hours to pick up her grandson herself. Although the airline said they would refund the ticket cost to the family, the family demanded an explanation of the incident.

The airline has not disclosed the child's identity or how the incident occurred. They only stated that an internal investigation is underway.

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