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New Delhi: A chartered flight with 303 passengers, mostly of Indian origin, was detained by France at the Chlons Vatry airport in the northeast of the country, the Indian embassy in Paris confirmed Friday...
The flight operated by a Romanian charter company called Legend Airlines was on its way to Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, from Dubai..
However, Flightradar24 a global flight tracking service showed that the aircraft took off from Fujairah International Airport, Fujairah (IATA Code: FJR), on 21 December at 09.54 am (UAE time) and landed at Vatry (IATA Code: XCR) at 2.56 pm (Paris time)...
Lilliana Bakayoko, who identified herself as a lawyer for Legend Airlines, spoke to the French television channel BFM Business and denied any role in human trafficking by the charter company...
On 16, 20 and 21 December, aircraft from Legend Airlines were chartered to carry passengers from Fujairah to Managua via both Paris Charles de Gaulle and Chlons Vatry airports, according to Flightradar24...
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