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Government  says  it is cooperating  with France as flight  carrying  300 Indians  is  grounded  because of “human trafficking”  

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 The  plane, which  took off from  Dubai,  United Arab  Emirates,  carrying 303 Indian passengers, including many minors,  landed on Thursday  at  Châlons-Vatry airport, in  the  Marne.  

 India on Saturday said it was working with the French government  to quickly resolve  the situation after a Nicaragua-bound flight carrying 303 people, mostly Indians, was  intercepted  by French authorities during a technical  stop  at an airport near Paris  because of  suspected  “human incidents”. smuggle”. 

 The  plane, which  took off from  Dubai,  United Arab  Emirates,  carrying 303 Indian passengers, including many minors,  landed on Thursday  at  Châlons-Vatry airport, in  the  Marne.  

  “The French  authorities  have  informed us  that  a plane  carrying  303 people, mostly  of  Indian origin, from Dubai  and heading  to  Nicaragua, stopped during  a technical  stop  at a French airport,” the  delegation said. the  Indian  delegation  said in a  message  on  “X”. 

 “The embassy team  approached and was granted  consular access. We are investigating the situation,  while  ensuring the  safety  of passengers,” the  delegation  said on Friday. 

  Châlons-Vatry Airport,  located 150  km  east of Paris,  mainly  serves  low-cost  airlines. “Thank  you to the  French authorities for  researching  this  topic over this long weekend,”  the  text  said.  

 According to  an article in  Le  Monde,  the Marne  agency’s civil protection agency  said on Saturday that the plane was carrying 13 unaccompanied minors as well as accompanied minors,  between the  ages  of  21 months  and  17  years old.  

 An earlier report  said France’s  national  organized  crime  unit, JUNALCO, had  taken over the investigation.  The  Paris  prosecutor’s  office said in a  statement that special investigators were questioning all those on the plane and two people were in police custody pending further investigation.  

 The  Marne district (northeast) pointed out that  the  A340,  operated by  the  Romanian company Legend Airlines,  “remained  on the  runway  at Vatry airport  after landing”  on Thursday. 

  The newspaper  said  the  provincial government  said the plane  needed  to refuel and was carrying 303 Indian nationals who  were likely  working in the  United Arab Emirates.  According to  reports, the  trip  may have been planned by the Indian passengers to reach Central  America,  from where they  could  attempt to  illegally  enter the United States or  Canada.  

 After landing in France,  passengers  are  first kept on the  plane,  then  released  and given  their own bed  in the  terminal.  The entire airport was  blocked  by police. 

  The  prosecutor’s  office said an anonymous  source said  the flight was carrying people who  may have been  victims of human trafficking.  The passengers  were  finally  transferred  to  the main hall of the small Vatry airport, where  baby  cots were  installed so they could spend the night  on Thursday,  Marne  authorities  told the newspaper. 

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