Shockingly, 28 passengers on a plane from Casablanca escaped the aircraft after a staged emergency bounded the craft to make an early landing in Barcelona. The plane was headed for Istanbul. Local police have launched a hunt for those who fled who are believed to be migrants.
According to the Spanish officials, the plane had landed at El Prat in Barcelona on Wednesday, and the emergency was made due to a pregnant woman who faked her labor pains. After she was taken to a hospital, the doctors said that she was not about to give birth.
As per reports, the passengers jumped out of the aircraft immediately as it landed and escaped. After police started searching, they found around 14 passengers and detained them, the pregnant woman was also detained, however, 14 people remain missing.
The government stated that five people were boarded back on the plane, and eight would be sent back to Morocco. The authorities did not divulge much about the incident, but it is suspected that some have tried to enter the country illegally.
The Türkiye’s Pegasus Airlines, with 228 total passengers on board, was initially bound for Istanbul from Casablanca. However, according to a tracking website, Flightradar.com, the flight reached the Turkish capital after long hours of delay.
Late last year, a similar event involving a different aircraft flying from Morocco to Turkey happened when a guy on board started acting like he was having a diabetic episode, forcing the jet to make an emergency landing on Spain’s Balearic Islands. Similar to Wednesday’s escape, 24 passengers forced their way past the crew and escaped the aircraft; cellphone film saw guys rushing on the tarmac at the airport. The Moroccan citizens and one Palestinian male were subsequently apprehended by police, while the other 12 were never located.
