A woman pretended to give birth on board in destination to the island of Palma de Mallorca, leading to an emergency landing at a Barcelona airport on Thursday, reported Spanish media outlets.
The commercial flight took off from Casablanca to Istanbul. After an hour and a half of travel, while flying over Spanish territory, the cabin crew alerted the pilots that one of the passengers was on an emergency health service.
The pilots decided to land at the nearest airport at Barcelona’s El Prat airport to make an emergency landing so that the woman could receive appropriate medical services.
A total of 28 people took the advantage of the emergency medical protocol to flee the flight, reported Spanish media outlets.
Of these, 14 had already been arrested by the police and returned to the plane, while the rest managed to escape, added the same source.
The Spanish police are still looking for the 14 other passengers who fled in this fake incident, further stated the same source.
The woman who pretended to give birth is indeed pregnant and was taken to a hospital in Barcelona, while doctors find out that she was faking it when checking her state.
The woman was arrested by the police who charged her with “public disorder”. She will be expelled from the country and banned from returning, added the same source.
Additionally, 4 out of 14 were deported yesterday to Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport, as a first batch, pending the deportation of the remaining detainees, according to Hespress sources.
The Police opened the investigation in this case, as the detainees are expected to be tried on charges of committing serious crimes related to undermining the safety of air navigation facilities and endangering aircraft crews and passengers, as well as organizing a collective operation for irregular migration.
The same incident happened before, as irregular migrants have previously used the same method and ended up in prison with severe penalties.
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