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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:48 PM Original message |
Unaccompanied minor was safely on plane until mechanical issues forced evacuation. Now he's missing |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. any picture of the boy ? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. at link |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Here. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thanks. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. For $100 EACH WAY for a UM charge, you'd think Delta maybe could have come up with a way to make |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I had no idea there was a charge for this service. Maybe also, the parents should wait for the |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. When you put a kid on the plane they do encourage you to wait until it takes off, but it's not a |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Someone screwed up. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I know the area. Very busy busy urban area. Someone should see him. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Exactly. God, I hate Delta. I hope this kid makes it back safely. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. According to this article, they didn't pay the fee |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. In that case, if that's confirmed, then yup, they fucked up. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I only saw that said in the one article |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Agreed -- it's a mess any way you look at it. Poor kid. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Here's a second story that says he wasn't listed as a UM |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Who in their right mind puts an autistic child alone on a plane, |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Why not? It's possible he's traveled well before. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. When I was little, we rode in the back of our station wagon unanchored |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. We have no idea where he falls on the spectrum; it's possible he travels well, and his parents are |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. kestrel91316 |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Because my brother had to fly to Detroit when TSA wouldn't let him board the plane back because... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. As an Autistic person, this is why all this security BS scares the crap out of me. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. It's likely he is a high-functioning individual and has done it before. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Unaccompanied minor: |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It appears that the parents told the airline he was 15 |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bookmarking. Please let us know if he's found, okay? |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. A few years ago I flew my nephews to visit me in Boston |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. some at Delta are going to be in big trouble, i think |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. I put my 15 year old unaccompanied teen on a plane last week but I damn well waited at the gate for |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. The plane had left the gate, then returned so the parents may have seen the plane taxi off |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. update: found, ok. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. ty |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Thank you so much. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. thanks! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Good! |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thursday update: found ordering a cocktail!! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. ahh... so he was looking for some freedom. Glad he's ok |
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