Elderly tourist found after going missing for three days on Northern Line Tube train

Hoyeon Jang, 75, disappeared after she boarded a Northern Line Tube train and the doors closed before her family could board.
Metropolitan Police

An elderly tourist has been found three days after she went missing when she boarded a Northern line Tube train

Hoyeon Jang, 75, from South Korea, was last seen when she boarded the High Barnet-bound service at Embankment.

The doors closed before her husband and son had a chance to board, leaving them on the platform.

They signalled for her to leave the train at Charing Cross and wait for them before it departed at about 5pm on Thursday.

She was reported missing that evening and has not been seen since.

The family had been visiting relatives in the capital, police have said.

Hoyeon, who does not speak English and is not in possession of a phone or cash, was described as 4ft 11ins tall with short black hair. She was last seen wearing a yellow jacket and blue trainers.

On Saturday, police announced she had been found safe and well in the Stratford area at around 5.15pm.

They thanked the media and public for spreading the police appeal.

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