Police at aircraft door
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Police at aircraft door
On arrival at Barcelona a couple of weeks ago, the PA invited passenger XYZ to make themselves known to cabin crew. A few minutes later we were instructed to get our passports ready for disembarkation. Two police officers were at the aircraft door checking passports as we got off. Interesting that they couldn't wait a few minutes for the person in question to get to the standard passport check.
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Could have done a runner inside the airport, destroyed their documents - why take the risk if you know he/she is trapped in a long metal tube with only two doors.......................
also seen this at Aberdeen when there's a Royal Person floating around the place................
also seen this at Aberdeen when there's a Royal Person floating around the place................
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Could have done a runner inside the airport, destroyed their documents - why take the risk if you know he/she is trapped in a long metal tube with only two doors.......................
also seen this at Aberdeen when there's a Royal Person floating around the place................
also seen this at Aberdeen when there's a Royal Person floating around the place................
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In the UK, if Border Force isolate someone at the aircraft door - they cannot claim asylum. That can only be done when presenting their passport (or none if they have destroyed it) at the desk. Also, if they are picked up at the door - the person is immediately on the back foot as they would not be expecting any questions till they reach the desk.
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- They may be carrying contraband that can be discarded at the first sign of trouble or more likely handed off to a complicit airport worker.
- They may have a complicit airport worker help them off airport property or pass them a badge.
- The cabin crew may have notified the cockpit crew of some some action/behavior that requires law enforcement on arrival.
All of the above happens daily.
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Agreed B2N2. I also know that CC have discovered destroyed documents in the toilets that the person has attempted to flush. These are reported to the flight deck and thus to ground. The airline cannot ignore such things as they will be held complicit.
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Sometime in the mid-90s, I arrvied in LHR T2 from Oslo (old FBU) and, as I was nearing the end of the jet-way, I saw my cousin. Then a member of (whatever Border Force was called then) and she was in plain clothes (with ID) so looked like regular airport staff. We started chatting and she was keeping a general 'eye out'. When the flight was empty, we walked off together.
An SK agent ran after us to find out what the problem was, fearing a fine. But the agent only saw us walking away, not the hug and kiss on greeting!!
An SK agent ran after us to find out what the problem was, fearing a fine. But the agent only saw us walking away, not the hug and kiss on greeting!!
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Excuse the slight digression here. I remember flying out of Aberdeen to Norway one evening. Most were in their seats when one of Billy Connolly's 'rubber men' blundered aboard.
The Noggies pay huge amounts of tax on most things, so this guy decided on a sure-fire way of smuggling in fires water: drink it. He poured himself into a seat., and sat there, mumbling away. A few minutes later the PA pipes u and asks Mr Noggin to identify himself. Up goes his hand, whereupon a friendly hostie gets him out of his seat, and into the waiting arms of a couple of large groundies, who assist him back to the terminal. Ironic cheers from the rest of us and off we got to Norway.
Sorry for the drift.
The Noggies pay huge amounts of tax on most things, so this guy decided on a sure-fire way of smuggling in fires water: drink it. He poured himself into a seat., and sat there, mumbling away. A few minutes later the PA pipes u and asks Mr Noggin to identify himself. Up goes his hand, whereupon a friendly hostie gets him out of his seat, and into the waiting arms of a couple of large groundies, who assist him back to the terminal. Ironic cheers from the rest of us and off we got to Norway.
Sorry for the drift.
