Alerts Sign-up
Passengers on a flight from Guiyang to Shanghai last Saturday locked a crying toddler in an airplane lavatory to quiet her. The child, approximately one year old, was traveling with her grandparents and had been crying continuously throughout the nearly three-hour flight.
A video posted on China's Douyin, similar to TikTok, shows a woman telling the toddler, “We won’t let you out unless you stop crying,” as the child struggled to reach the door while sitting on the woman's lap. Once the girl calmed down, the woman filming picked her up and warned her, “If you make any noise again, we’ll come back (to the bathroom).” The video went viral due to widespread outrage.
Juneyao Airlines confirmed details of the incident in a statement. According to the airline, the toddler’s grandmother agreed to let two women take her grandchild to the bathroom for "education." The grandmother stood outside the bathroom door during the entire incident. The carrier later issued an apology, acknowledging an “oversight of the crew” for allowing it and condemning the behavior of both passengers involved.
