Baby ‘found in woman’s hand luggage on Air France plane’

Shocking discovery: Another passenger on board the Air France flight is said to have noticed the baby
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Sebastian Mann10 March 2016

A woman allegedly tried to take a baby on a flight in her carry-on luggage.

French authorities are investigating after the child, said to be aged one or two, was found hidden in a bag belonging to a passenger on board the Air France plane.

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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