On January 31, 2023, a quite unusual incident occurred at Tel Aviv Airport, because parents simply returned their baby, which was in a carrier, to the check-in counter. The couple wanted to fly to Charleroi on Ryanair flight 4710.

Most airlines charge for taking small children with you. Depending on the provider, this must at least be registered or a special baby ticket must be purchased. In this specific case, the parents would have had to pay around 25 euros to Ryanair. But they didn't want that and simply left their child, who was in a carrier, at the check-in counter and went to passport control.

The behavior annoyed the ground staff, so the police and security service were called immediately. The couple was temporarily forbidden to continue their journey. Instead of flying home to Charleroi, there was now an interrogation by the Israeli executive. Tel Aviv Airport in particular is extremely sensitive to security and prepared for just about any eventuality, but that a couple simply leaves their baby son behind and wants to fly home without him because they are too stingy to pay 25 euros to transport the child pay has not happened so far.

A spokesman for Ben Gurion Airport said: "A couple with a baby who hold Belgian passports arrived at Terminal 1 for a Ryanair flight without having a ticket for the baby. The couple was delayed for their flight after the flight check-in counters were already closed. They left the car seat with the baby and wanted to go to security in Terminal 1 to get to the departure gate."

The police are now conducting an investigation under Israeli law against the child's parents. The exit is still completely open. For legal reasons, attention must be drawn to the presumption of innocence.