Toddler escapes parents to ride baggage belt at airport

Now that’s what you call a joy ride!

A 3-year-old boy who managed to slip past his parents and security was caught on surveillance camera going for a conveyor belt joyride at an airport in Chile.

Footage captured the moment that the little daredevil slithered past a check-in counter at Santiago International Airport in Chile on Nov. 16 and boarded for a joyride that lasted a few minutes before being caught, according to NewsFlare.

While the video plays out, bags are seen trailing the boy at the same time another camera angle shows the conveyor belt rigorously switching the 3-year-old into another lane.

That’s when airport workers appeared and noticed the toddler on the belt as one airport employee hopped over the machine to press a button that cut the ride short.

The airport claimed they had no idea how the little guy snuck past tight security, vowing they would “reinforce safety measures and protocols with airline operators” to prevent something like that from happening again.

“We are collecting all the information to determine how this situation occurred and reinforce safety measures and protocols with airline operators to prevent it from happening again, beyond the responsibility that parents and caregivers should have for the children in their care,” an airport spokesperson said in a statement to Chilean newspaper La Tercera.

The little boy’s mischievous act follows a similar incident that occurred in 2019 when another small child at an airport in Atlanta.

A 2-year-old was injured and taken to a hospital with a severely swollen as well as bruised hand when he escaped his mother to get close to a conveyor belt at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Airport footage showed the boy sneak through a ticket counter and get on the conveyor belt when a bag pushed him into the machine, NBC News reported.

Social media users on TikTok were hysterical of the little boy’s stunt that lasted just minutes on the conveyor belt.

“Just be honest this little guy thought he found a magical tunnel lol 😂, what treasure awaits 😆,” one user joked.

“He just wanted to go home!” a replier jokingly said.

“15 [years old] and still wanna try this 😂😂,” another funny reply read.