Spirit Airlines Apologizes After Unaccompanied 6-Year-Old Put on Wrong Flight

The boy’s grandmother described her fear when the plane landed without young Casper on board.

Spirit Airlines planes are prepared for flight at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on May 16, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The grandmother of an unaccompanied 6-year-old boy who was put on the wrong Spirit Airlines flight by staff wants answers after the carrier apologized for the error.

Maria Ramos said it was one of the scariest experiences of her life when her grandson, Casper, did not disembark from his flight from Philadelphia.