A British teenager who vanished while travelling home from a family holiday has been found after it emerged he snuck onto a flight to the wrong country.
The 15-year-old boy’s parents lost sight of him soon after they arrived at Menorca Airport, where they were due to catch a plane to London Stansted this morning.
The couple alerted authorities at the airport, who checked CCTV footage.
They discovered the boy had managed to get past security alone and board an EasyJet flight to Milan – despite not having a valid ticket.
It’s thought he may have slipped onto the flight after staff at the gate finished processing all other passengers and left their posts.
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Authorities and EasyJet staff in Milan met the boy when he arrived in Milan.
His mum boarded a later plane to the city before heading back to the UK with him.
An easyJet spokesperson said: ‘We are investigating with the airport and our ground handling provider at Mahon how a young passenger was able to travel unaccompanied on the wrong flight to Milan this morning.’
‘The airport had already activated its missing child alert system but it was deactivated after it was confirmed the lad was on his way to Italy,’ a spokesperson for Menorcan police said.
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