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An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport, police said Monday.

The couple and their five children were late for a charter flight to Paris Sunday and made a mad dash to the gate. In the confusion, their daughter got lost.

Rosenfeld said the parents were unaware they had boarded the aircraft with only four children instead of five until they were informed by cabin staff after 40 minutes in the air.
Israeli parents forget daughter at airport - Yahoo! News
Is this neglect or an understandable accident?
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18 suitcases?

Er...well, it isn't really neglect. They should have paid more attention with such young children with them, but it's understandable that in the confusion and in their haste to get onto the plane, they could forget one.

That doesn't make it okay.
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They didn't notice for 40 minutes after they boarded the plan. That is neglect. They are extraordinarily lucky the little girl wasn't kidnapped or anything. If you can't keep track of 5 children, you shouldn't have 5 children!
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i bet they freaked out. Like Ich said, with 18 suit cases and 4 more kids, i am sure it was a mistake. Neglect would be like sending the kid to the bathroom by its self or something like that. Given the circumstances i think it was just a mistake.
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Well not noticing the kid for 40 minutes was pretty bad, actually.
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i bet they freaked out. Like Ich said, with 18 suit cases and 4 more kids, i am sure it was a mistake. Neglect would be like sending the kid to the bathroom by its self or something like that. Given the circumstances i think it was just a mistake.
Mistake would be noticing as you do a head count when boarding the plane. Not even bothering to make sure all 5 kids made it onto the plane is neglect. Pure and simple.
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i do not think it matters how long.
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If a child wanders off for a minute and the parent notices immediately, that's a mistake. Not noticing for nearly an hour and not bothering to do a headcount before the plane took off is neglect. The flight attendants having to tell them the child was missing is exactly what places this very firmly in negligent territory.

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Default Re: 3 year old left alone in airport

after i re read the whole article, the air port police informed THEM! they had no idea
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Actually it was more than an hour, with all the boarding procedures and waiting to take off and such.
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