Thursday 19 May 2022 03:16 PM Father held in Croatian airport cell for entire FIVE DAYS for using his ... trends now
An unlucky father was detained in Croatia - after accidentally using his stepdaughter's passport to board his flight.
David Chadwick, 57, boarded a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Croatia for a romantic five-day break with his wife Alison, 46, but was stopped by border guards when landing at Zagreb Airport.
A blunder by Ryanair meant that he has managed to get through check-in at Manchester Airport and make it across Europe to Croatia.
David Chadwick, 57, boarded a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Croatia for a romantic five-day break with his wife Alison, 46
A blunder by Ryanair meant that he has managed to get through check-in at Manchester Airport and make it across Europe to Croatia.
But, when he was stopped by border guards after landing at Zagreb Airport, David realised he'd brought his stepdaughter's passport - instead of his own.
Holding just the passport belonging to his stepdaughter, 21, and no personal identification, David was detained for his entire holiday in a cell at Zagreb Airport.
He was then escorted onto his original flight home and taken by border officials at Manchester Airport who confirmed his identification based on photos of his passport and driving licence on his phone and let him go home.
Senior international clinical manager David, who lives in Standish, Manchester, with nurses Alison and Katherine, said: 'I was simply gutted, and embarrassed at the same time.
'I pride myself in never having the wrong things in hand luggage and always having the correct documentation, so I couldn't believe it had happened. I think our faces said it all.
'I accept its half my fault for picking up the wrong passport, but you'd think that post 9/11, I wouldn't have been able to board a plane with a female name and photo of my daughter on!
'When I finally got back to the UK, the border force at Manchester Airport couldn't believe I got to Croatia with the wrong passport. The most perplexed was the Zagreb UK consulate as to how I'd managed to get to Croatia in the first place.
'This was a much needed break for both of us - my wife is an NHS nurse who worked all the way through the pandemic whilst I worked in clinical research - but I spent the whole time in a cell. It was gutting.'
Both David and Alison had been looking forward to their romantic five-day break together after both working tirelessly throughout the pandemic.
Opening the drawer of the coffee table in their living room on the morning of their flight on April 24, David had grabbed the two passports inside without
