276 Indians Stuck in French Airport for Days for Human Trafficking Probe Have Left for India

276 Indians Stuck in French Airport for Days for Human Trafficking Probe Have Left for India
Crew members board the plane grounded by police at the Vatry airport, in Vatry, eastern France, on Dec. 25, 2023. Christophe Ena/AP Photo
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VATRY, France—A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation departed Monday for India with 276 Indians aboard, authorities said. The passengers had been heading to Nicaragua but were instead blocked inside a rural French airport for four days in an exceptional holiday ordeal.

Associated Press reporters outside the Vatry Airport in Champagne country saw the unmarked Legend Airlines A340 take off after the crew and passengers boarded the plane.