A judge today ruled that 12 people arrested after a forced plane landed on the Spanish island of Mallorca would remain in custody without bail, with preliminary charges of mutiny, disturbing public order and promoting illegal immigration.
A judge in Palma de Mallorca has ordered the men to be remanded in custody pending trial, three days after an emergency plane landed on which several passengers were trying to escape, closing the airport for more than three days. hours, the Balearic Islands Supreme Court said in a statement.
Authorities are looking for another 12 people who escaped from the plane.
An Air Arabia Maroc flight from Casablanca to Istanbul made an emergency landing at Palma de Mallorca Airport on Friday night following reports of a sick passenger, police said.
Among the 12 arrested is the sick passenger, who was transported to the hospital with an escort. The latter then tried to escape from the hospital and was also arrested.
The passenger who caused the forced landing, claiming that he was suffering from a diabetes crisis, was arrested in Spain in 2020 for attacking and resisting the authorities, the newspaper El Pais reported.
Officials are investigating whether the incident was the result of a Facebook group plan to enter Spain illegally, according to the newspaper.
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