At Least He Wasn't Home Alone

A family at a Canadian airport, in a rush to catch their flight, accidentally left their 22 month old toddler behind. The father became separated from his wife and her grandparents enroute to the gate, and each group assumed the child was with the other. Once on the plane the family was seated separately, and the plane took off without any of them realizing the child wasn't on board.

Eventually an airport security guard found the lost child wandering near the departure gate. Air Canada ticket agents eventually determined his identity and contacted the pilots of the flight. It was the flight crew that eventually notified the parents that their child had been left behind.

After the plane landed in Winnipeg, the father had to fly 1400 back to Vancouver to pick up the child.

Hmmm.... Sounds like a great plot for a movie. Then again, maybe not. no one would believe it.