France is deploying troops to New Caledonia’s international airport after imposing a state of emergency.
France on Thursday announced it would send additional security forces to New Caledonia after imposing a state of emergency following three nights of clashes in its Pacific territory that have left five dead and hundreds wounded.
Largely indigenous protests against a French plan to impose new voting rules on the archipelago have spiralled into the deadliest violence since the 1980s.
A first A330 has already landed (registration F-UJCU) from Honolulu.
An A330-200 MRTT (registration F-UJCO) reached to Vancouver, from Istres Air base before reaching Nouméa.
Another one (registration F-UJCT) has landed in Haiwai.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Paris would send “around 1,000 additional internal security personnel” to New Caledonia – adding to 1,700 on the ground – and push for “the harshest penalties for rioters and looters”.
