Christmas ordeal for 6-year-old: Incorrectly boarded on a flight and lands 160 miles away from destination

6-year-old boy put on wrong flight by Spirit Airline crew and lands in Orlando

A 6-year-old boy who was visiting his grandmother, unaccompanied, was put on a wrong flight by Spirit Airline crew. The boy is a first time flier and was scheduled to meet his grandmother in Florida.

‘I had no kids with me', flight attendant told child’s grandmom

Spirit Airlines has apologised for wrongly boarding a 6-year-old boy, who was travelling unaccompanied (Bloomberg)

His grandmother, Maria Ramos told WINK-TV, “I ran inside the plane to the flight attendant and I asked her, ‘Where’s my grandson? He was handed over to you at Philadelphia?’ She said, ‘No, I had no kids with me.’”

Maria, who has not been provided any answers by the airline was furious, “I want them to call me [and] let me know how my grandson ended up in Orlando,” she said. “How did that happen? Did they get him off the plane? The flight attendant — after mom handed him with paperwork — did she let him go by himself? He jumped in the wrong plane by himself?

‘Grandmom I have landed 160 miles away’

Fortunately, her grandchild called her as soon as he landed in Orlando and said he had landed — 160 miles away.

The child was flying from Philadelphia International Airport to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers on Thursday. But the minor was “incorrectly boarded” on a flight to Orlando, according to the airline.

The airline has offered to reimburse them the drive, Ramos told WINK-TV but more importantly, she wants to know why this happened.

The airline did not provide details about how the mishap happened. WINK-TV, a television station in Fort Myers, identified the child as a 6-year-old first-time flyer who was supposed to visit his grandmother.