Mumbai:A plane detained near the French capital Paris for the past four days over allegations of human trafficking has now arrived in India. The Romanian aircraft, carrying 276 passengers, touched down in Mumbai on Tuesday, following its detention by French authorities at an airport on suspicion of involvement in ‘human trafficking.’
The majority of passengers aboard are of Indian nationality. Another incident involved a flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, bound for Nicaragua with 303 passengers, which was halted on Thursday at Vitry Airport, located 150 km east of Paris, due to suspicions of ‘human trafficking.’
French authorities on Sunday allowed the A340 aircraft operated by Romanian company Legend Airlines to resume its journey. According to media reports, the plane which has come to Mumbai from France, has 276 passengers on board. Also, 25 including two minors have applied for asylum in France and they are currently in France.
It was reported that two other passengers were produced before the judge today, from where they were released. Asylum applications will be examined at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport.The flight carrying 276 passengers (mostly Indians) has finally reached Mumbai after being stuck for 4 days. This plane of Romanian company departed from Vatri Airport at 2.30 pm local time on Monday and landed in Mumbai early in the morning at 4 am today.
According to the report, most of the passengers present in this plane were speaking Hindi and Tamil. There were a total of 303 passengers in the plane stranded in France, but there were only 276 passengers in the list of passengers in the flight to Mumbai.
