Yesterday evening, Wednesday, January 1, 2025, Lucca International Airport in Malta witnessed a state of maximum security alert after a group of Moroccan passengers escaped from a plane that was serving a regular flight between Istanbul and Marrakesh, number TK619.
According to available data, while the plane was over Maltese airspace, the control tower was informed of the necessity of landing immediately at Malta International Airport to treat a Moroccan patient who had suddenly fallen ill.
According to the same data, the authorities in Malta responded and allowed the plane to land, and while the doors were opened to remove the patient, many Moroccan passengers escaped from the plane and spread out at the airport, which required the intervention of the police and armed forces, who began searching outside the airport itself, while the fake patient was arrested.
Two and a half hours after its emergency landing, the flight took off again to its final destination, Marrakesh, while the authorities continue their search for the passengers who escaped from the plane, in parallel with opening an investigation to determine the motives behind the escape.
Yesterday evening, Wednesday, January 1, 2025, Lucca International Airport in Malta witnessed a state of maximum security alert after a group of Moroccan passengers escaped from a plane that was serving a regular flight between Istanbul and Marrakesh, number TK619.
According to available data, while the plane was over Maltese airspace, the control tower was informed of the necessity of landing immediately at Malta International Airport to treat a Moroccan patient who had suddenly fallen ill.
According to the same data, the authorities in Malta responded and allowed the plane to land, and while the doors were opened to remove the patient, many Moroccan passengers escaped from the plane and spread out at the airport, which required the intervention of the police and armed forces, who began searching outside the airport itself, while the fake patient was arrested.
Two and a half hours after its emergency landing, the flight took off again to its final destination, Marrakesh, while the authorities continue their search for the passengers who escaped from the plane, in parallel with opening an investigation to determine the motives behind the escape.
