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Wait, the baby! Plane forced to return to airport after passenger forgets baby

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<p>A commercial flight pilot made a unique request to return to the airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia after a passenger left someone very important at the terminal: her baby.</p><p>On Monday, Gulf News reported about the pilot&#x27;s strange request that happened over the weekend.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/flight-emergency-i-forgot-my-baby-at-the-airport-1.1552291090943">Flight emergency: I forgot my baby at the airport</a></li></ul><p>In the conversation, the ATC wanted to know the reason why the pilot of the Kuala Lumpur-bound Saudia plane would like to return to the King Abdul Aziz International Airport gate.</p><p>&quot;A passenger, she left her baby in the terminal and refused to continue the flight,&quot; the pilot said over the radio. It was not clear how old the baby was. </p><p>The plane already took off when the Saudia Flight 832 passenger remembered about her baby at the airport.</p><p>The pilot&#x27;s request was approved, the report stated. </p><p>“Ok, head back to the gate. This is totally a new one for us,” the operator was heard saying in a video of the conversation between the pilot and the air traffic control that has since gone viral on YouTube.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U3t8NYYWMKY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>A commercial flight pilot made a unique request to return to the airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia after a passenger left someone very important at the terminal: her baby.</p>

A commercial flight pilot made a unique request to return to the airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia after a passenger left someone very important at the terminal: her baby.