Baby found hidden in hand luggage on Air France flight

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A woman tried to hide a baby in her hand luggage on an Air France flight from Istanbul to Paris.

A "very shocked" passenger spotted something moving inside the woman's cloth bag mid-way through flight AF 1891 from Ataturk Airport to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle on Monday evening, Planet.fr reported.

He alerted staff and the woman and baby - who is believed to be aged one or two - were moved to the front of the plane until police arrived.

Air France confirmed the incident and that the baby was travelling "without a ticket," Planet.fr said.

The airline said it is investigating the incident.