Twelve arrested after fleeing emergency plane landing in Mallorca

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective face masks arrive at Son Sant Joan airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Police in Spain arrested 12 people and were looking for 12 more after a group of passengers fled a plane onto the runway at Palma de Mallorca airport on Friday night, causing the closure of the airport for several hours.

The Air Arabia Maroc flight from Casablanca to Istanbul made an emergency landing at Palma de Mallorca airport after reports of an ill passenger, Guardia Civil said.