Plane immobilized in the Marne: two passengers presented to a judge with a view to possible indictment

2023-12-25 11:49:22

The two passengers of the plane immobilized in the Marne, placed in police custody since Friday, are presented to a judge this Monday with a view to possible indictment.

The Airbus A340 carrying 303 Indians, which was flying between Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Managua, capital of Nicaragua, landed on Thursday afternoon in Vatry, 150 km from Paris, to refuel.

But this simple technical stopover turned into a long immobilization after an “anonymous report” according to which passengers were “likely to be victims of human trafficking” in an organized gang, the Paris prosecutor’s office told AFP on Friday .

According to a source close to the matter, these Indians, probably workers in the United Arab Emirates, could have planned to go to Central America in order to then try to enter illegally into the United States or Canada.