Girl, 10, left on airliner by parents in China

The girl found asleep on the aircraft. Photo: Handout.

BEIJING: A 10-year-old girl was left behind by her parents on an airliner in southern China after they got off the plane without her, according to a newspaper report.

The girl was found asleep by flight attendants checking the cabin after a flight from Chengdu in Sichuan province touched down at Guangzhou’s international airport after midnight early on Tuesday, the Information Times reported.