Spirit Airlines Misplaces Unaccompanied 6-Year-Old on Wrong Flight
Airline Apologizes and Launches Investigation as Grandmother Demands Answers
- Spirit Airlines mistakenly put a 6-year-old boy, Casper, traveling alone on a flight to Orlando instead of his intended destination, Fort Myers, Florida.
- Casper's grandmother, Maria Ramos, who was waiting to pick him up in Fort Myers, was informed that he had missed his flight. She later received a call from Casper saying he had landed in Orlando.
- Spirit Airlines has apologized for the incident and stated that Casper was always under the care and supervision of a Spirit Team Member. The airline is conducting an internal investigation into the incident.
- Ramos, who had to drive nearly 160 miles from Fort Myers to Orlando to pick up Casper, is demanding answers from the airline about how the mix-up occurred.
- This incident has sparked comparisons to the 'Home Alone' film series on social media.