A six-year-old child traveling alone was diverted to the wrong destination by the airline Trending News

A six-year-old child traveling alone was diverted to the wrong destination by the airline Trending News

Casper was traveling from Philadelphia to Fort Myers, Florida to visit his grandmother. But they ended up in Orlando, a four-hour drive from Fort Myers. He was mistakenly put on the wrong plane by the airline.

A six-year-old boy traveling alone in the US has 'boarded the wrong plane' and landed in another city instead of his destination.

Casper was traveling from Philadelphia to Fort Myers, Florida to visit his grandmother. But they ended up in Orlando, a four-hour drive from Fort Myers. He was mistakenly put on the wrong plane by the airline.

Spirit Airlines apologized to Casper's grandmother and offered to cover the cost of driving the child to Orlando.

On Thursday, Casper was scheduled to fly from Philadelphia International Airport to Southwest Florida International Airport to visit his grandmother, Maria Ramos.

But Casper was put on a plane to Orlando, 160 miles from Fort Myers.

The incident brought to mind the famous Hollywood film Home Alone 2, in which the protagonist Kevin gets on the wrong plane at Christmas and is separated from his family.

When the plane that Casper was supposed to be on landed and Maria Ramos' grandchildren didn't get off, they started to panic.

Maria Ramos told a local TV channel, "I ran inside the plane to the flight attendant and asked them, 'Where is my grandson?' Was it delivered to you in Philadelphia?'

She says the flight attendant told her, 'No, I don't have a child with me.'

Fortunately, after landing in Orlando, Casper called his grandmother. Maria Ramos then drove to the Orlando airport to pick up her grandson.

"I want them to call me and tell me how my grandson ended up in Orlando," says Maria Remos.

How did this happen? Did they take him off the plane? Did he go on the wrong plane by himself?

In a statement, Spirit Airlines apologized for the incident, saying, "We take the safety of our guests and our responsibility to get them from one place to another very seriously and we are investigating the incident." We apologize to the (child's) family for this painful experience.

This type of mistake is not uncommon, but in the past, children traveling alone and other passengers have boarded the wrong flights.