
Hayley Lewis, 28, was about to embark on daughter Sydney's first-ever flight along with other family members when an airport worker refused to let her pass because of a ripped page in her passport book. (SWNS.com)
A young mom was barred from boarding a flight with her three-year-old daughter - because there was a tear in her passport.
Hayley Lewis, 28, was about to embark on daughter Sydney's first-ever flight along with other family members when an airport worker refused to let her pass.
They suggested the ripped page in her passport could be an attempt to hide a stamp from a suspicious country - and she was escorted off the premises.
To make matters worse, the rest of her party - including her daughter - had already boarded the flight to Menorca, Spain and her bag containing all her money, keys and medication were already in the hold.

Authorities suggested the ripped page in her passport could be an attempt to hide a stamp from a suspicious country - and she was escorted off the premises. (SWNS.com)
Hayley then had to make a hurried dash to the national Passport Office by taxi in order to board a flight the next day - costing her $641 in total.
"They treated me like was a drug smuggler - I felt like a criminal. It couldn't have been more obvious I was taking my daughter on holiday,” she said to SWNS. "It's horrible, I missed my daughter's first flight. It ruined our holiday."
Beautician Hayley booked the holiday with her mother Sally Lewis, 48, and disabled grandmother, Jane Wozencroft, 72, over a year ago.
They excitedly turned up for the flight at England’s Bristol Airport on May 11 and breezed through check-in and security without any issue.
It was only when they passed the final check before heading out onto the concourse that a Tui worker stopped her.
One half of a blank page in her passport had been torn out - which Hayley assumes Sydney may have done while playing with the document.
The Tui worker took advice over her radio and then told Hayley she would not be permitted to board the flight.

One half of a blank page in her passport had been torn out - which Hayley assumes Sydney may have done while playing with the document. (SWNS.com)
"I broke down in tears, my daughter was already on the plane with my mom,” she said. "I phoned my mom and told her to stay on a plane because I assumed I would be on the next flight.
"I didn't know there was a tear in my passport at all. We checked in and everything was fine, it all happened when we were about to board the plane,” she continued. "Then someone came and walked me down stairs and said there was nothing they could do and escorted me off the premises.”
"I asked them to explain and they said I could have tried to rip out a stamp for another country,” she added.
To rejoin her family, Hayley had to get to the passport office in Newport to pick up a new passport before returning to Bristol. She flew out at 6pm the following day.
"My nan is disabled and my mom was going to look after her, I was supposed to look after my daughter,” Hayley said. “Instead my mom, who suffers from anxiety, had to look after a toddler and my disabled grandmother. We're in the process of writing a complaint.”
“I understand they have their rules and stuff but there's so much that goes into planning a holiday - especially with a child,” she added. "I thought they would have taken me into a room an interrogated me, or checked my luggage, but they didn't do any of that. There has to be more of a process, surely?"