By Daily Mail (World News) | Created at 2025-04-02 10:10:24 | Updated at 2025-04-04 06:01:11
2 days ago
A British tourist who disappeared at Alicante airport after a stag do in Benidorm has been found.
Jason Taylor, 36, vanished as he waited for a flight back to Birmingham on Saturday morning.
He was last seen leaving the queue for the easyJet flight after a problem with his boarding pass.
His disappearance was reported to Spanish police by worried relatives who flew to Spain to try to find the Welsh engineer.
Jason's aunt Robbie Fitzgerald, who was among loved ones and friends who asked for the public's help in tracking him down, said this afternoon in a short message on social media: 'Jason has been found and is currently with his family.
'Thank you all for sharing and caring.'
She gave no extra details about how or where he had been found.
Jason's friend Gaz Edwards had written online yesterday: 'We arrived at the Alicante airport together on Saturday morning March 29 at about 8:30am.
A British tourist who disappeared at Alicante airport after a stag do in Benidorm has been found. Jason Taylor (pictured) vanished as he waited for a flight back to Birmingham on Saturday morning
Jason's aunt Robbie Fitzgerald, who was among loved ones and friends who asked for the public's help in tracking him down, said this afternoon in a short message on social media: 'Jason has been found and is currently with his family. Thank you all for sharing and caring'
File photo. Spanish policemen walk at Alicante-Elche airport on January 15, 2020 in Alicante
'Our easyJet flight to Birmingham was due to depart at 10:30am, with the gates closing at 10:00am.
'Jason Taylor had lost his phone so had to access his boarding pass from someone else in the group assisting who had already passed the gate.
'We tried several times to scan his boarding pass but it was not accepted and the gate would not open, an error message came up saying to contact the airline so Jason went to go and ask for assistance.
'One member of the group waited behind the gate for him to return but this was the last we saw or heard from him. It is very unlike Jason and the family is worried sick.
'Jason was not ill, or drunk or incapable. We have several people flying back out today to try to find him and understand what has happened.
'UK police have been informed and it has been passed up to Interpol, who now have an alert on his passport so we would be made aware if it has been used. We are also in contact with the Uk consulate. 'Please only contact me with serious information if you know of anything.'
In an update he added: 'We now know that Jason left the airport around 9am on Saturday morning on foot as we have been able to access the airport CCTV.
'Please can everyone look out for him and any information however small please update us.
'He was wearing dark shorts and a collared T-shirt which was white and white trainers with a black wheeled suitcase.'
Spanish National Police in Alicante confirmed earlier today they were aware of Jason's disappearance and were searching for him.
They couldn't be immediately reached this afternoon after the Brit's family said he had been located for any further comment.
