Is "departured" a word?

[mlazor]

The kids departured to Spain.
I've actually seen this sentence today. Is it correct? I would say "departed" or "left for Spain". But maybe I'm missing something and "departure" is sometimes used as a verb, informally?

 

[GoesStation]

It's a typo or a mistake.

 

[Tdol]

I searched Google for it and most of the results were for departures, so it doesn't appear to be in use. I have never heard it, and agree with GoesStation.

 

[mlazor]

Thanks for the answers.
I've been looking around and also found it used in a mail delivery tracking service:
Flytexpress Sorting Center, Departured at 2015/3/2 1:03:59 from Flytexpress Sorting Center location- stillhasn't arrived

Also, in a United Nations document it says: Planes departured from Dubai (...)

My guess is that most likely it wasn't native English speakers who wrote the sentences.

 

[Tdol]

Specialist jargon often is not be used by the wider community.