The woman who caused the forced landing in El Prat goes to court

  • The judge will investigate the woman for a crime of public disorder

  • Authorities continue to search for 12 people who fled after jumping from the plane

The pregnant woman that yesterday forced an emergency landing at the El Prat airport (Barcelona) pretending to be in labor will pass today to disposition of the court of investigation of duty of El Prat de Llobregat, while the search continues for the 12 immigrants who are still on the run after jumping from the plane. According to sources from the Government Delegation in Catalonia, the judge will investigate the woman for a crime of public disorder.

The woman caused the forced landing in El Prat of a plane that covered the journey between Casablanca and Istanbul, pretending to have broken water in mid-flight, which 27 passengers took advantage of to jump onto the runway and try to flee, in order to enter Spanish territory irregularly. Thirteen of the passengers who jumped from the plane were intercepted by the security forces and five of them continued the plane trip, while the rest, twelve, have been the corresponding non-admission process has been processed to return them to Moroccoafter verifying that they do not have documentation that allows them to stay in Spain.

Two of the passengers who managed to flee they were arrested yesterday, one of them by the Mossos d’Esquadra outside the airport and the other by the Civil Guard inside the airport facilities. Both went transferred to the airport police stationwhile the security forces maintain the device to locate and detain the other 12 fleeing migrants.

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The events occurred on Wednesday. Sources from the Government Delegation have explained that the plane – from the Pegasus company, with 228 passengers on board and which had intended destination in Istanbul (Turkey) – had asked to land in Barcelona at 4:30 a.m. to attend the suspected medical emergency. A pregnant woman there was He claimed to have broken his water and, in addition, suffered severe abdominal pain. At that moment, the usual protocol in these cases was activated and two patrols from the Civil Guard, one of the National Police and the medical services. When the woman disembarked, a group of 28 people rushed out of the plane trying to run away

The woman was taken to and treated at the Sant Joan de Deu Hospital (Esplugues de Llobregat), but they were not found “signs of labor” for which she was released and was detained by a alleged crime of public disorder by supposedly pretending that she was going to give birth, although it is not ruled out that she may end up being investigated for criminal organization of trafficking in human beings, according to the sources consulted by this newspaper.

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