Plane carrying 77 European survivors leaves Mumbai: France

Paris: A French plane carrying 77 survivors of the Mumbai attacks that killed at least 155 people left India early Saturday, the French foreign ministry announced.
The Airbus A-310, equipped with full medical facilities, was transporting 29 French nationals, 19 Italians, 17 Spaniards, five Germans and one each from Algeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Greece, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland.
None of the passengers had been injured during the attacks or the ensuing hostage drama.
The plane left Mumbai at around 2200 GMT Friday, and was due to land at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport around midday (1100 GMT) Saturday, following a stopover in the Middle East.
As the plane took off, Indian commandos were still battling it out inside Mumbai's historic Taj Mahal hotel, where a tiny group of heavily armed gunmen were engaged in a fight to the death as the more than 52-hour-old battle entered its final stage.
29/11/08 AFP/Times of India

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