More than a dozen migrants escaped to Spain on Wednesday after fleeing a plane that made an emergency landing in Barcelona when a pregnant woman on board pretended to be in labor, the country’s government says.
The incident at El Prat airport involved a flight from Casablanca, Morocco to Istanbul, Turkey, operated by Pegasus Airlines, according to Reuters.
After the flight landed, 28 migrants managed to flee the plane, 14 of whom were eventually detained by police, the news agency reports, citing the Spanish government. The other 14 are still missing.
Meanwhile, the woman was examined at a hospital and it was determined that she had not yet gone into labor, the government reportedly said.
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A Pegasus airline plane takes off from Cointrin airport in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 24, 2021. One of the airline’s planes reportedly made an emergency landing on Wednesday, December 7, in Barcelona, Spain. .
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Five of the captured migrants were returned to the plane, while nine, including the pregnant woman, who was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, will be deported to Morocco, according to the BBC.
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The plane, with a total of 228 passengers on board, finally landed in Istanbul after a delay of more than three hours, Reuters also reported, citing flight-tracking website Flightradar.com.
People walk under a banner at Barcelona’s El Prat airport in Spain pn August 4, 2017.
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The incident follows a similar one last year on the Spanish island of Majorca in which an Air Arabia flight traveling on the same route from Morocco to Istanbul made an emergency landing after a man had an apparent medical emergency, reports BBC.
An airplane takes off in Barcelona, Spain, on November 3, 2022.
(REUTERS/Nacho Twelve)
Subsequently, that individual received medical clearance and 12 passengers managed to escape from that plane.
