Airbus A340 carrying 276 Indian passengers arrives in Mumbai early on Tuesday.
A aircraft carrying tons of of Indian passengers that was grounded in France for 4 days amid a probe into attainable human trafficking has arrived in India.
The Airbus A340 carrying 276 Indian passengers landed in Mumbai early on Tuesday morning, flight monitoring information confirmed.
The flight, operated by Romania-based Legend Airways, had been en route from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua when it was detained at a regional airport on Thursday following a tip-off that its passengers could also be victims of trafficking.
Passengers on the flight had been confined at Vatry airport, about 150km east of Paris, whereas authorities turned the terminal right into a makeshift courtroom to hold out emergency hearings.
Among the many 303 unique passengers who stayed behind in France, 25, together with 5 minors, requested asylum within the nation and two others had been initially detained as a part of the trafficking probe earlier than being launched, native authorities stated.
The aircraft’s departure on Monday got here after a French courtroom dominated that authorities didn’t have authorized authority to detain a number of of the passengers additional.
French authorities have stated they didn’t discover proof of human trafficking however are persevering with to analyze potential breaches of immigration legal guidelines.
The Indian Embassy expressed due to French officers for the “quick resolution of the situation enabling Indian passengers to return home” in a publish on X.