A nine-year-old boy from Brazil took advantage of his parents’ distraction to leave his house, go to the airport, sneak on a flight to São Paulo, and all this without his parents noticing his absence.
The little boy named Emanuel, originally from the city of Manaus, had researched on the Internet how he could sneak onto a flight without being discovered.
His journey began last 26 in February when he took a bus to the city airport. The boy managed to blend in with the passengers without attracting the attention of any of the airport employees or police officers.
Without a passport, tickets, or any luggage, the minor was able to board the plane.
The authorities are still investigating how he was able to get past the security filters before boarding the flight to São Paulo.
Inside the aircraft, no one noticed that the little boy was alone, without any family member accompanying him. Emanuel took a seat and traveled more than four hours and 2700 kilometers.
According to the Specialized Police for the Protection of Children and Adolescents (DEPCA), the child acted without the help of adults.
It was also reported that there is no history of family violence related with the minor. Regarding his decision to leave his home and make the trip, the investigators discovered that Emanuel wanted to live in São Paulo, with other relatives.
Daniele Marques, the minor’s mother, discovered the absence of the child a few hours after he escaped.
“I woke up at 5: 30 am, went to his room and saw that he slept normally. Then I played around with his cell phone a bit and I got up again, at 7: 30 am, I went by his room, I realized that he was gone and I started to I got desperate”.
As soon as she noticed that her son was missing, the woman filed a police report at the police station, and began the search by spreading the image of her son on social networks.
Meanwhile, on the plane, a stewardess realized that little Emanuel was alone and contacted the authorities to inform them of the fact.
Around 10 of On Saturday night, the minor’s mother received a call from an airline employee, notifying her that her son was at the Guarulhos airport.
Finally, on Sunday morning, the child he returned home.
On his reunion with his family, his mother asked him how he had managed to pass all the controls and get on a plane without having any documents.
“he told me that he took some random buses from home until you get to the airport. She then looked at the flight schedule on the panel and got on one of them. My son went through three inspections without anyone noticing that he was alone, without documentation or boarding pass”, the mother explained to G1.
The woman demands a response from the airline, to know How is it that your child managed to board alone and pass the security filters.