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Most of the Indians who were travelling in the flight that was grounded in France have landed in India and those who remain in France will be given consular assistance if they require it from New Delhi, MEA Affairs official Arindam Bagchi said.
A lawyer for Legend Airlines, whose plane was grounded in France over an allegation of probable human trafficking, has said some passengers did not want to go to India because they were tourists and had paid for a tourism trip to Nicaragua
Flight from UAE to Nicaragua was grounded during a refuelling stop in rural France
According to French authorities, the plane had 276 passengers on board when it took off for Mumbai, and 25 persons, including two minors, had expressed the wish to apply for asylum and were still on French soil.
The plane carrying 303 Indian passengers, which was grounded in France over suspected human trafficking, landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in the early hours of Tuesday.