A baby deprived of medical repatriation on an Air France flight, for lack of identity card – South West

For several months, the parents of Leon, very premature born on July 27, denounce an “administrative aberration”. On November 3, their child had to carry out medical repatriation between Nice and Paris in order to undergo a major operation, tells CNews. Problem, the child was never able to board this Nice-Paris flight chartered by Air France, because the newborn did not have an identity card. Finally, the child had to be transferred by ambulance, after about ten hours of travel. Exhausted by this trip, he had to be put back on life support.

“No time to take care of the papers”

“He never left the hospital, and his vital prognosis was engaged for more than a month and a half, we did not have time to take care of the papers” admit his parents, who regret the lack of flexibility. of the company facing the settlement. “What we were told after the fact is that Air France does not ask for papers for 3 months. However, our baby must be 3 months and 2 weeks old… ”regrets the father, Nicolas, who would like this mishap to never happen again for other parents”.

In a statement, the airline said “understand the emotion of the family”, but justifies its decision: “We must have special vigilance when a child travels alone. “