At least nine other people remain at large, authorities said.
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The Palma de Mallorca police arrested on Saturday, November 6, 11 people who fled from a plane that had landed urgently the day before at the city’s airport, one of the busiest in Spain in the archipelago. of the Balearic Islands, which caused many disturbances. The plane, which was on a flight between Morocco and Turkey, was diverted at 7 p.m. Friday to Palma de Mallorca due to the supposed discomfort of a passenger, the Civil Guard told AFP.
During the evacuation of the supposedly ill traveler, around 20 passengers took the opportunity to run away from the plane on the tarmac. The police and the Civil Guard immediately began searching the airport, paralyzing its activities which could not resume until around midnight, after a 4-hour interruption, according to the Spanish airport authorities.
According to the daily El Pais, investigators are working on the hypothesis of a set-up with a view to entering Spain illegally. “So far, 11 people have been found by the police and the Guardia Civil”, confirmed a spokesperson for the local government. At least nine other people were still at large, authorities said. The passenger who had complained of discomfort was taken to hospital, where he was declared in perfect health and arrested by the police for “assistance with illegal immigration and violation of the law on foreigners”, according to the newspaper.