Summary Two women locked a crying toddler in an aircraft lavatory, sparking outrage online. The incident was reportedly done with the consent of the toddler's grandmother. Airlines have begun implementing child-free zones to address passenger discomfort with young travelers.
A recent incident onboard a Juneyao Airlines flight has sparked outrage online, wherein two women locked a crying toddler inside one of the aircraft's lavatories in order to get the toddler to stop crying and apparently not disturb other passengers onboard. The airline has now reportedly stated that this was done with the consent of the toddler's grandmother, who was accompanying the young traveler on that flight. The incident While having a crying child or toddler onboard an aircraft does not make the best in-flight experience for other passengers onboard, and the best anyone can do is to try and calm the young passenger down, distract them, or make them feel more comfortable.
However, two women onboard the Chinese carrier Juneyao Airlines , flying from Guiyang to Shanghai, took a very different approach to handling a crying toddler. The incident occurred on August 24th, as reported by The Guardian , where a crying toddler was locked in the aircraft's lavatory by two women in order to not disturb other passengers onboard and for the young flier to be "educated". The incident only came to public attention when one of the two women involved uploaded a video of the incident on her social media, and in the v.