Quote: ‘Woman thought to be in labour detained on charges of public disorder after doctors determined she was not about to give birth’
Spanish police are searching for 12 people who fled a commercial plane after it made an emergency landing in Spain.
The incident occurred in Barcelona when a flight from Morocco to Turkey landed at El Prat airport – after a pregnant woman allegedly pretended to go into labour.
At least 27 people initially left the aircraft after it landed – without authorisation and tried to flee, officials said.
Thirteen were stopped by police and two more were detained later.
Five of those detained agreed to re-board the flight, while the others were processed for illegal entry into Spain and are expected to be deported. Their nationalities have not been revealed.
The Pegasus Airlines flight had been travelling from Casablanca to Istanbul with 228 passengers on board.
The woman who was thought to be in labour has been detained on charges of public disorder after doctors determined that she was not about to give birth.
A similar incident occurred on another flight from Casablanca to Istanbul, when 12 people fled an aircraft in Mallorca in 2021.
