I know its a plane and an airport but if you ask on any Mums chat forum the stories of leaving babies outside shops and so on are legion. baby brain is not just a story.
The mind boggles .... how ..... I mean HOW is this even possible??
Everything obviously ended well for everybody, so I can inject a bit of humour now by saying that this reminded me a bit of the film, "Home Alone 2", where Kevin ends up on a different plane and nobody notices until it's too late.
It reminds me of the story of the divorced couple who meet up again after several years and one asks the other "How are kids?" and the other says "I thought you had them!"
Spent ages a few weeks ago looking for my white van on the supermarket car park, I'd had it about 15yrs, then I realised I'd sold it and should be looking for the small silver car I'd bought. :)
I think it's quite common. I know my mum left my sister in her pram outside the post office. She said she was walking home thinking "I'm sure I've forgot something"