TUI pilot turns plane around to pick up crying girl 'left behind' in Tenerife

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TUI pilot avoided a “Home Alone” moment after a young girl lost her passport by turning an airliner around and returning to the airport to pick her up.Adrian Insley had been on holiday in Tenerife with his partner, their four children and his parentsThe family group was due to board TUI flight to East Midlands Airport around 10pm on Friday, August 26, but they made a stop at the airport's Duty Free shop before proceeding to the security check. READ MORE: Plane delayed for hours as pilots have blazing row and refuse to fly with each otherAdrian, 38, told Nottinghamshire Live: "I am very organised with my passport, I even have a bag for them, but this time my partner said she needs a passport to get something from Duty Free, and then she put the passport in the bag."Our flight was delayed and the airport was very busy because there were three flights to the UK".However, it was not until he lined up for the security checks that he realised the Duty Free bag was nowhere to be found. "I am starting to panic because I do not know where it is.

And then the realisation set in there. We do not have a passport - we are missing one."I went and spoke to to the security personnel and they told me that I cannot board without a passport.

So I had to send all my family through, and it is just me and my daughter that were left behind because of my daughter's missing passport."So it got a bit hairy because I did not know what to do.

I have got to find somewhere to stay, I have got to find transport, and I have got to organise for a temporary passport - there is a lot of organising in a very short amount of time."The dad and his "emotionally distressed" seven-year-old daughter were left behind watching the rest of the family going through.