Twenty people had landed from the aircraft after he had to arise urgently on the Spanish island because of the discomfort, simulated, of a passenger. Eleven have been found, the police suspects a mounted shot.
Le Monde with AFP
The Palma de Mallorca police appear on Saturday, November 6 eleven people who fled a plane that landed the emergency monitor at the city’s airport, one of the most frequented in Spain, which generated many disturbances.
The plane, which was flying between Morocco and Turkey, was confused at 19 hours Friday to Palma de Mallorca due to the supposed malaise of a passenger, reported civil guard. During the evacuation of the so-called sick traveler, about twenty passengers took the opportunity to run away from the aircraft on the tarmac.
The police and the civil guard immediately started searches in the airport, paralyzing its activities, which could only resume around midnight after four hours of interruption, according to the Spanish airport authorities. According to the daily El Pais, the investigators work on the hypothesis mounted to illegally enter Spain.
The sick passenger in perfect health
“For the moment, eleven people were found by the police and the Guardia Civil,” confirmed a spokesman for the local government. At least nine other people were still on the run, according to the authorities.
The passenger who had complained about a discomfort was transported to the hospital, where he was declared in perfect health and arrested by the police for “assistance to illegal immigration and violation of the law on the law on foreigners, according to the newspaper. “It seemed to suffer from a diabetic coma and was transported as an ambulance to the hospital with a companion,” detailed the police in a statement. The accompanying person fled upon his arrival at the hospital.
Because of this incident, thirteen aircraft to Palma have been confused to other airports, and sixteen flights at the start have suffered significant delays, according to the airport authorities.