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Passenger escorted onto plane by armed officers

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latesummerreminiscing · 30/08/2025 19:34

I took a flight from Germany to the UK yesterday and noticed at the gate were two armed officers waiting with a paper document at the gate. Then, that particular passenger was escorted onto the plane before anyone else, by both officers, they filled out paperwork before the rest were allowed onto the flight. No police were not with him on the flight though. He was in the front seat and very calm during the flight. What on earth was this about?? Lots of people were really worried

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latesummerreminiscing · 31/08/2025 18:01

ThatWaryOchreQuoter · 31/08/2025 18:00

Was it EasyJet?

Yea it was!

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ThatWaryOchreQuoter · 31/08/2025 18:00

Was it EasyJet?

FluffyBoob · 31/08/2025 17:58

latesummerreminiscing · 30/08/2025 19:36

How do you mean, like kicked out of the country? I thought it was so odd that the officers were heavily armed!

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They all have arms abroard. Maybe he had served a prison term and was going home. This is the most likely

travellinglighter · 30/08/2025 21:55

latesummerreminiscing · 30/08/2025 19:36

How do you mean, like kicked out of the country? I thought it was so odd that the officers were heavily armed!

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Airport police are always armed. I wouldn’t stress on it, just making sure that he’s behaving himself after being deported.

WhineAndWine1 · 30/08/2025 21:26

@OfftoWorkIGohe would have been escorted as he was not allowed in the country. Love how you would be keeping an eye on him. What exactly would you have done ?

IGaveSoManySigns · 30/08/2025 21:25

ThatUniqueTealWriter · 30/08/2025 21:23

As do our police at airports.... You can fight them as well, they don't use their guns

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Concretejungle1 · 30/08/2025 21:24

Could have been a visa issue,
didn’t believe the reason he was coming into the country, ie saying tourist but they believe it was too work, couldn't show they had enough money to suppport themselves whilst they were there,
Wrong documents/passport not in date ( not enough months left but let through uk end) they will have escorted him back through and made sure he was on the plane.
he could not have been dangerous if police didn’t stay with him on the plane.

ThatUniqueTealWriter · 30/08/2025 21:23

SummerEve · 30/08/2025 20:18

Why? Police Officers in Europe tend to be armed.

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As do our police at airports.... You can fight them as well, they don't use their guns

LittleGreenDuck · 30/08/2025 21:23

Denied entry probably. We had this in a European city last summer. We were delayed taking off and the announcement was that EasyJet had brought a passenger from UK who was not eligible to enter the European country. We had to wait for the paperwork to be completed and then he was escorted back onto the flight and sent home again.

ThatUniqueTealWriter · 30/08/2025 21:22

Must be a lie. We know everyone stands up as soon as the plane lands, police wouldn't be able to get through 😅

IGaveSoManySigns · 30/08/2025 21:21

JustPinkFinch · 30/08/2025 21:20

He had been living in the USA (possibly illegally) prior to his prison sentence. So when he was stood in Heathrow with me, it was his first time on British soil in something like 20 years. It was definitely a very serious drugs charge.

My mind was blown that they'd release him effectively on the plane, kick him out with absolutely nothing and no safeguards in place at the other end.

I haven't thought about him for ages but this thread reminded me.

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This happens to UK prisoners as well. They’re turfed out with something like £85, possibly miles from home, and they have to figure it out.

HangryLikeTheHulk · 30/08/2025 21:21

Pifflepafflewifflewaffle · 30/08/2025 20:19

Where does a ‘British paedo’ get deported to? 🙄

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The UK, where that flight was going ?

JustPinkFinch · 30/08/2025 21:20

Shitmonger · 30/08/2025 20:36

That’s wild. Good of you to help him out, but absolutely mad of him to go to a foreign country and deal drugs/have such a large quantity of drugs that that + being a tourist landed him with trafficking charges. That’s the only way he’d be in prison that long. I hope he straightened up after losing years of his life for that.

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He had been living in the USA (possibly illegally) prior to his prison sentence. So when he was stood in Heathrow with me, it was his first time on British soil in something like 20 years. It was definitely a very serious drugs charge.

My mind was blown that they'd release him effectively on the plane, kick him out with absolutely nothing and no safeguards in place at the other end.

I haven't thought about him for ages but this thread reminded me.

missmollygreen · 30/08/2025 21:18

HangryLikeTheHulk · 30/08/2025 19:39

British paedo being deported ?

Odd assumption

Weekmindedfool · 30/08/2025 21:18

If he was a prisoner/criminal he would have been escorted. He would simply have been someone having been refused entry for a visa issue or similar and put on a return flight. No danger to anyone and I’m sure no one was eying him or scared during the flight. You sound very dramatic OP.

FixTheBone · 30/08/2025 21:14

latesummerreminiscing · 30/08/2025 19:36

How do you mean, like kicked out of the country? I thought it was so odd that the officers were heavily armed!

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German police carry a sidearm as standard.

In higher risk areas they may carry an SMG or rifle.

We're just not used to it in the UK, but pretty standard in a lot of places.

the5thgoldengirl · 30/08/2025 21:11

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SpanThatWorld · 30/08/2025 21:01

My stepson once entered a country 3 days before his visa was valid. He'd done this before and expected to be able to change it on entry.

The country declined him entry and he had to leave immediately. He chose from the flights leaving that afternoon and went to another country that was less fussed about visas.

So, the country wanted him out but he was absolutely harmless and entered a country of his choice legally (so noone waiting).

Shitmonger · 30/08/2025 20:36

JustPinkFinch · 30/08/2025 20:08

I sat next to a guy once on a flight from USA to UK who had been deported and put on the plane by armed officers of some description. We chatted. He had been in prison in the US (drugs) and was immediately deported on release. Had nothing on him, not even a passport, just some papers for the other end, and a small hold all with clothes. No phone. Next to no cash. No bank account or cards. Once we got to Heathrow I let him make some calls from my phone and helped him sort out train tickets up to Liverpool where a brother lived. He'd been in prison for years. It was all quite mad, he was totally lost and bewildered stood in Heathrow with just the clothes on his back.

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That’s wild. Good of you to help him out, but absolutely mad of him to go to a foreign country and deal drugs/have such a large quantity of drugs that that + being a tourist landed him with trafficking charges. That’s the only way he’d be in prison that long. I hope he straightened up after losing years of his life for that.

Pharazon · 30/08/2025 20:36

Pifflepafflewifflewaffle · 30/08/2025 20:19

Where does a ‘British paedo’ get deported to? 🙄

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Presumably back to the UK from Germany.

BrendaSmall · 30/08/2025 20:34

latesummerreminiscing · 30/08/2025 19:46

No, at least I didn't see it! That made it even more weird!

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Very strange

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latesummerreminiscing · 30/08/2025 20:32

Thank you all, got the answer now so all good!

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DidIForgetPEAgain · 30/08/2025 20:28

Deported

Maddy70 · 30/08/2025 20:25

Sounds like he didn't have the correct visas etc and was sent back

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latesummerreminiscing · 30/08/2025 20:23

AgentJohnson · 30/08/2025 20:11

FFS ! Do you think planes are chartered for deportees? If the passenger wasn’t being accompanied by police then he wasn’t deemed a threat. Sometimes the curtain twitching gene is stronger than common sense in some people.

Right okay 😂no need to get so worked up about it

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