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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