A woman flew from Istanbul to Paris with a four-year-old girl hidden inside her hand luggage, Air France has said.
近日,据来自法国航空公司的消息,一名从伊斯坦布尔飞往巴黎的女子将一四岁女童藏在行李包内带上飞机。
The airline said the child, travelling without a ticket, was discovered on board the flight on Monday night.
这家航空公司表示,这名无票乘机的女童于周一晚上在飞机上被发现。
An airport source told AFP news agency that the woman was a resident of France who was in the process of adopting the child, from Haiti. The airline notified the French authorities but prosecutors decided not to press charges.
机场消息人士告诉法新社,该女子是法国人,而这名女孩即将被该女子收养,来自海地。航空公司已经告知法国当局,但是检察机关决定不起诉。
The woman was in the transit zone in Istanbul but was prevented from boarding her flight with the child, the source told AFP. She then bought a new flight ticket and hid the child in a bag.
有消息来源告知法新社称,该女子在伊斯坦布尔转机时被拒绝携带该女童登机。于是她重新买了一张机票并把小孩藏在包里。
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 source said.
据该消息来源透露,女子登机后将装有女童的包放在脚边,并盖上毯子。直到小女孩要去洗手间才被其他乘客发现。
"The cloth bag belonged to a woman sat at the back of the plane. At one point she opened the bag and her neighbour on the other row of seats saw something moving inside. He alerted flight attendants, who then discovered a baby," a passenger named Vincent told French news website Planet.fr.
一位名叫文森特的乘客告诉法国新闻网站行星网称:“这个布包是坐在飞机后面的一个女人的。她一度打开了这个包,而坐在另一排的她的邻座乘客看到了里面有什么东西在动。之后他提醒了乘务员,接着发现了竟然是一个小孩。”
The woman and the girl have been held at Charles de Gaulle airport while authorities investigate the case.
据悉,该女子和小女孩将暂时留在戴高乐机场接受法国当局的调查。