A child was discovered on board an Air France flight on Monday night smuggled in a carry-on bag.
According to a statement released by the airline. the woman who smuggled the child was a French citizen. She was in the process of adopting the child, who is Haitian.
The Local report that she was in the transit zone in Istanbul and had crossed a customs checkpoint with her child but the little girl was prevented from boarding a flight with her.
She then : “decided to hide the child in a bag to get aboard another flight, after buying a new ticket. “Once on board, she placed the child at her feet, under a blanket, but the girl needed to go to the toilet and was noticed by other passengers”.
The woman was taken into custody when the flight landed, but authorities decided not to press any charges.
