16-year-old touring alone on Frontier “mistakenly boarded” incorrect flight to Puerto Rico

A 16-year-old boy “mistakenly boarded” a Frontier Airways flight in Tampa on Dec. 22, anticipating to land in Cleveland, the airline stated in a press release Saturday. As an alternative, he ended up in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The flights had been boarding one after the opposite on the identical gate, and the passenger boarded the San Juan-bound flight, which was departing first, Jennifer F. de la Cruz, a spokesperson from the airline advised CBS Information.

The passenger was “instantly flown again to Tampa on the identical plane and accommodated on a flight to Cleveland the next day,” stated the airline, who says it has “prolonged its honest apologies to the household for the error.”

De la Cruz famous that Frontier permits youngsters ages 15 or older to fly alone, however doesn’t provide a proper unaccompanied minor program involving escorts from the airline.

Final week, Spirit Airways got here below hearth once they “incorrectly boarded” an unaccompanied 6-year-old boy who was touring from Philadelphia to Fort Meyers, Florida. He ended up on the incorrect flight and landed in Orlando, about 160 miles away from his supposed vacation spot. The gate worker accountable has since been terminated by Spirit.