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After 3 days of detention, plane carrying 300 Indians finally takes off from France, lands in Mumbai tomorrow

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Nicaragua-bound Airbus A340 intercepted by French authorities on suspicion of human trafficking

Special items

  • The plane has been allowed to fly after a court order
  • 2 people were isolated from the remaining 301 people
  • Indians also include a 21-month-old child.

Paris:

A plane carrying 303 people, which was stopped in France due to human trafficking fears, finally left for Mumbai on Monday. Out of total 303 passengers, 300 are Indians. The plane will land at Mumbai airport on Tuesday. Earlier information was given about his arrival in India at 2.20 pm on Monday. An Airbus A340 bound for Nicaragua was intercepted by French authorities at Watri Airport on Thursday over suspected human trafficking. Passengers were strictly interrogated. The Indian aircraft was allowed to take off after a French court order. On Sunday, four judges, also working during the Christmas holidays, ordered the departure of the plane after questioning the detained passengers.

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French prosecutors questioned passengers on the plane for two days about human trafficking. After this, on Sunday, officials gave the plane the green light to take off from Vitry airport, located 150 km (95 miles) east of Paris.

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Everyone is said to be a worker
According to news agency AFP, two people on the plane have been isolated from the other 301 people. They were strictly interrogated. At the same time, 10 people sought asylum in France itself. All of the people were said to be workers, who were being shipped through Nicaragua to the US and Canada.

A 21-month-old child was also among the passengers.
The 303 Indians include a 21-month-old baby and 11 Indian minors who are unaccompanied by their parents. Some people were talking in Hindi during the interrogation. Some people spoke Tamil language. In such a situation, it is being speculated that people from South India were also present in the plane.

“The situation is confusing. Some passengers were unhappy to return… because they wanted to complete their trip to Nicaragua as planned,” a legal adviser for Romania’s Legend Airlines told a French TV channel and radio network on Monday.

2 Passengers will be interrogated
A lawyer for Romania-based Legend Airlines said most of the stranded passengers would return to India. The two passengers have been detained since Friday as authorities investigate whether they traveled with a different purpose than the other passengers. Several other passengers have appealed for asylum in France, according to the local government.

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The plane stopped to refuel
A flight carrying Indian nationals from Dubai to Nicaragua landed at Watri airport for refueling. During this time French authorities received information that victims of human trafficking were being transported, after which the flight was prevented from taking off.

All the passengers were accommodated in the reception hall of the airport.
After this, the reception hall of Vatri airport was converted into a waiting area. All the passengers were kept there. Ad-hoc tutors for children were also housed here. The entire area was covered. Food and drink and every need of the passengers was taken care of.

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