Madrid: one Spainthe busiest airport of Palma de MallorcaAccording to airport officials, when their plane made an emergency landing, it had to be shut down for nearly four hours after several passengers fled.
The plane, which was on a flight between Morocco and Turkey, was diverted to interior The island of Mallorca on Friday because of an alleged medical emergency, the Civil Guard police force told AFP.
While evacuating the sick passenger, about 20 passengers are believed to have escaped while the plane was on the tarmac. Police said two people have been arrested.
Investigators were working on the hypothesis that the medical event was staged to enter Spain illegally el pais Newspaper reported.
According to the daily, the passenger who complained of discomfort was taken to hospital, where he was declared in full health and arrested for “aiding in illegal immigration”.
A passenger accompanying him to the hospital had also gone missing, the newspaper reported, adding that five people had been arrested besides Fake.
According to aircraft tracker Flightradar24, the diverted plane was an air arab maro airbus A320 on a flight between Casablanca and Istanbul.
13 planes were grounded due to security incident palma According to airport officials, the route to other airports was diverted and 16 departing flights were severely delayed.
The airport reopened around midnight on Friday after being closed for nearly four hours.
The plane, which was on a flight between Morocco and Turkey, was diverted to interior The island of Mallorca on Friday because of an alleged medical emergency, the Civil Guard police force told AFP.
While evacuating the sick passenger, about 20 passengers are believed to have escaped while the plane was on the tarmac. Police said two people have been arrested.
Investigators were working on the hypothesis that the medical event was staged to enter Spain illegally el pais Newspaper reported.
According to the daily, the passenger who complained of discomfort was taken to hospital, where he was declared in full health and arrested for “aiding in illegal immigration”.
A passenger accompanying him to the hospital had also gone missing, the newspaper reported, adding that five people had been arrested besides Fake.
According to aircraft tracker Flightradar24, the diverted plane was an air arab maro airbus A320 on a flight between Casablanca and Istanbul.
13 planes were grounded due to security incident palma According to airport officials, the route to other airports was diverted and 16 departing flights were severely delayed.
The airport reopened around midnight on Friday after being closed for nearly four hours.
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