Back in the mid '80s , redeployed as cabin crew for 2 years .. Into LHR from Bermuda , into crew customs in the Queens building ... waited as a crew , other crews came past . We were held back , no explanation forthcoming . Then slowly processed with a fine tooth comb , held in a side office . We're all getting fractious . Then it clicked , the a/c had come up from Kingston Jamaica ; with a quick fuel and crew change in Bermuda .
UK customs had held all of us until the B747 had been thoroughly searched ... nearly 2 hrs down the line .
No idea if pax were held as well .
rgds condor .