Baby Smuggled In Hand luggage On Air France Flight

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French authorities are looking into the case of a woman who allegedly smuggled a baby on board an Air France flight.

The small child aged between one and two years old was found hidden in carry-on luggage.

The Evening Standard reports:

The French company said in a statement the child was discovered on board the 1891 flight from Paris to Istanbul on Monday without a valid ticket.

French website Planet.fr quoted a witness who said the child appeared to be about one or two years old.

The passenger reportedly told the title: “The bag belonged to a woman sat near the back of the plane.

“At one point she went to open it and her neighbour on the other row of seats saw there was something moving inside.”

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