Chinese women spark anger after locking crying toddler in plane toilet

Following online outrage, airline says child was taken to lavatory by strangers to be educated' with grandmother's consent

Two women in China have been accused of child abuse after they separated a crying toddler from her grandmother and locked her in the toilet of a plane, on a domestic flight.

In a video uploaded by one of the women to social media, the girl can been seen wailing and trying to get out of the locked lavatory door. One of the women can be heard saying, if you stop crying, you can go out" and if you stop crying, auntie will take you back to grandma". Neither of the women are thought to be related to the child.