New Delhi / 26 Passengers Asked To "Voluntarily" De-board Flight In Delhi Due To Snag

Twenty-six passengers of an Air France flight were asked to exit the plane at the New Delhi airport over "technical problem" in the early hours of Wednesday. 

The crew had asked the passengers of the Paris bound flight from Delhi to de-board "voluntarily".

The pilot and crew of Air France AF225 flight told the passengers that their checked-in baggage would be offloaded. After which, the crew asked the passengers to disembark so the plane could take off.  

It is not known if the deboarded passengers were flown out to Paris on the next Air France flight.