The Nicaragua bound charter Legend Airlines Airbus A340 flight, that was grounded at Vatry airport in France for four days on suspicion of human trafficking, arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday, December 26, 2023.

The plane, with 276 passengers on board, mostly Indians, landed in Mumbai around 4 am.

The plane was en route from Fujairah airport in the United Arab Emirates to Managua, Nicaragua.

It landed at Vatry for refuelling where the French police received an anonymous tip-off of suspected human trafficking. Two individuals were taken into custody before a French judge ruled that the flight could take off from Vatry.

Instead of its original destination -- Managua in central America -- the flight decided to head to Mumbai.

The passengers were quizzed by Central Industrial Security Force officers on their arrival.

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