The plane detained in France since Thursday took off this Monday bound for Bombayin India, with 275 passengers on boardof the 303 who arrived from Dubai, announced the lawyer for the Romanian airline.
Most of the approximately 50 passengers who refused to fly to India and wanted to return to their initial destination, Nicaragua, were eventually convinced by a diplomat at the Indian embassy in Paris and by French authorities.
Nearly 25 passengers decided to stay and request asylum in Franceincluding five of the 11 unaccompanied minors who were on the plane, while two others were arrested.
The Airbus A340 of the Romanian aviation company Legend Airlines arrived on Thursday at Vatry airport, about 140 kilometers from Paris, to make a technical stopover on its route from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Managua (Nicaragua), after being prevented to continue his journey. by French authorities on suspicion of human trafficking.
On Sunday, The French court lifted the order to ground the plane.. The Paris Prosecutor’s Office, which led the investigation, also announced on Sunday that authorized the lifting of the order to immobilize the plane from Legend Airlines.
On Thursday, the plane was detained by French authorities as it landed at the small airport for a technical stopover between Dubai and Managua, after French authorities received an anonymous tip that there may be victims of human trafficking among the passengers.
Source: TSF
