{"id":87505,"date":"2023-12-26T05:41:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/plane-grounded-in-france-for-human-trafficking-investigation-heading-for-india-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T05:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T05:41:57","slug":"plane-grounded-in-france-for-human-trafficking-investigation-heading-for-india-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/plane-grounded-in-france-for-human-trafficking-investigation-heading-for-india-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Plane grounded in France for human trafficking investigation heading for India | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A plane carrying hundreds of Indian citizens that was grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation is heading for India.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some 300 passengers spent four days blocked inside a rural French airport after a tip-off that the passengers may be the victims of people smugglers.<\/p>\n

The Legend Airlines A340 plane was travelling from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates to Managua, Nicaragua and stopped in Vatry in the Champagne region to refuel.<\/p>\n

French authorities are still investigating the aim of the original flight and two passengers have been detained<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors wouldn’t comment on the nature of the human trafficking allegations or whether the passengers’ ultimate destination could have been the US, which has seen a surge in Indians crossing the Mexico-US border this year.<\/p>\n

French authorities worked through Christmas Eve and Christmas morning to allow passengers to leave the airfield, regional prosecutor Annick Browne told The Associated Press news agency.<\/p>\n

The passengers include a 21-month-old child and 11 unaccompanied minors who were put under special administrative care.<\/p>\n

The airport was taken over by police for days, and then turned into a makeshift courtroom Sunday as judges, lawyers and interpreters filled the terminal to carry out emergency hearings to determine next steps.<\/p>\n

The plane received permission on Sunday to leave France and was expected to depart Monday, according to an official with the Marne regional administration.<\/p>\n

Passengers were seen boarding the plane on Christmas morning.<\/p>\n

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Legend Airlines lawyer Liliana Bakayoko said it received approval from French authorities to transport 301 of the 303 passengers on a direct flight to Mumbai, but not all passengers were expected to travel.<\/p>\n

Several passengers have requested asylum in France, according to an official with the Marne regional prefecture.<\/p>\n

Ms Bakayoko said some other passengers don’t want to go to India because they paid for a tourism trip to Nicaragua.<\/p>\n

The airline has denied any role in possible human trafficking.<\/p>\n

The US government has deemed Nicaragua as failing to meet minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking.<\/p>\n

The Central American country has also been used as a route into the US by some migrants because of relaxed or visa-free entry requirements for some countries. Sometimes charter flights are used for the journey.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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