Two airline passengers who locked a stranger’s crying grandchild in a plane restroom have caused outrage in China and sparked a heated online debate on how to handle upset children in public spaces.

Two women locked a crying toddler in the washroom during a flight in China with the grandmother’s consent, aiming to calm the child and avoid disturbing other passengers. Despite intentions to help, the act sparked significant online backlash and debates on how to handle crying children in public.

Two women locked a crying toddler in a plane’s bathroom to stop her disturbing other passengers on a Chinese domestic flight. The child’s grandmother gave permission for the strangers to lecture the little girl in the locked lavatory in the hope her behaviour would improve.

Two women have sparked online fury in China for locking up a crying child in an airplane toilet. It’s the eternal dilemma of every traveller: What do you do when there’s a crying baby on your flight?

The shocking incident has gone viral after a video showed a crying toddler being separated from her grandmother by passengers on a flight to China

Crying babies can be a headache for many travelers, but two airline passengers in China took things to the next level earlier this month when they locked an emotional toddler in an airplane bathroom and posted a video of the incident.