Boy survivor of desert hike flies home

Father, mother of 9-year-old died in extreme heat after giving most of their water to son

A 9-year-old French boy who survived a desert hike in which his parents appear to have died of thirst, has been flown home from New Mexico, an airport official said.

The boy, whose first name is Enzo, landed with his grandmother at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on Sunday as it emerged that his tourist parents may have sacrificed their own lives to save his.