Daily MirrorInterpol investigate Madeleine McCann 'sighting' in BrazilBy Andy Rudd 13/05/2008
Madeleine McCann
Interpol is investigating a possible sighting of Madeleine McCann on a plane to Sao Paulo.
A passenger has claimed to have seen missing Maddie on a jet a month and a half ago.
Interpol's chief Jorge Pontes said: "This sighting is still under investigation so we cannot reveal details. We have a witness insisting they saw the child on a flight to Sao Paulo.”
A foreign Embassy in Brazil reported the sighting to Interpol but Brazilian cops have refused to reveal which Embassy, claiming it could interfere with their investigations.
Maddie, who turned five yesterday, went missing from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal on May 3 last year. Her parents Gerry and Kate McCann were dining at a nearby Tapas bar when she vanished.
Since Madeleine’s disappearance there have been several sightings in the country and police said that their sightings dossier is 40 pages thick.
Brazilia Interpol delegate Marilia Moreira Marques said: "Five leads were followed in Brazil, most of them last year, however, we found nothing leading to Maddie’s whereabouts".
On May 11, 2007 "a man identified as Mark placed a call to England stating he had seen Maddie at a book fair in Cinelandia, central Rio de Janeiro", Ms Marques said.
The man reported the little blonde girl and a woman had entered a snack bar.
Ms Marques added: "The people in the bar didn’t remember seeing them and there were no surveillance cameras, so it could be investigated no further".
