Couple in hurry to catch flight forgets son sleeping in cab

 

Dubai, 09 Oct 2013 (khaleejtimes): A GCC national and his wife forgot their sleeping son in a taxi at the Dubai airport in their rush to catch a flight last week.

 

The five-year-old boy was restored to the family after two tense hours, that too thanks to the effective coordination between the Dubai Police and the taxi driver.

 

Major-General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation, said the family reached the Terminal 2 of Dubai International Airport in a taxi. They were in a hurry to catch a flight. While they were busy taking the bags from the taxi’s boot and moving into the departure hall with the trolley to finalise their travel procedures, they forgot that their son was left behind in the car.

 

They realised it only at the boarding pass counter and approached the airport security police in panic.

 

The officers identified the taxi through the CCTV footage and alerted the police operations room. A CID team was deployed to locate the cab. All cabbies working in the area were also alerted. Finally, the officers tracked down the taxi.

 

The cab driver did not notice that the child was still in the back seat when he dropped the family at the airport and left. The driver returned to the airport in two hours with the boy who was still sleeping. The boy was handed over to the father who thanked the Dubai Police for their efforts.