EasyJet passengers left petrified as deported migrant yells 'Allahu Akbar'
The migrant was being deported to Venice
An Easy Jet Airbus A320 aircraft taxis across the tarmac at Manchester Airport at Manchester Airport, northern England June 25, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS
A migrant who was being deported from the United Kingdom repeatedly screamed "Allahu Akbar" and "death is coming,” terrifying others onboard an easyJet flight from London to Venice.
“It was really scary. I felt threatened. I was tearful. The worst-case scenario was that we weren’t going to get off that plane alive because we didn’t know who the person was, what the circumstances were or anything. There was nothing explained to us. It was very daunting,” shared one of the passengers, Lucy O'Sullivan. “When we got on board, the seats were moving so he was obviously kicking or thrashing out. I thought someone was having a fit. But when we got up close we could see people were restraining him.”
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“We didn’t know if there would be people on the plane who knew he was going to be deported that were on his side and whether they were going to mount a terrorist attack to free this person,” she added. One of the passengers made an audio recording of the man screaming “Allahu Akbar” 29 times, “death is coming” 17 times, and “we will die” nine times.
Children were reduced to tears and travellers feared a terror attack until it became clear that the handcuffed man was being guarded by Home Office officials. The unidentified asylum seeker was being deported to Venice after he had spent a year in a UK detention centre. He was being deported to Italy under the Dublin Regulation, which dictates that people must claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.
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Passengers were not allowed to use the lavatory towards the rear of the plane where the deportee was seated in the back row. Italian police boarded the flight when it landed in Venice before anyone was allowed off and took the migrant away.
Last night easyJet apologised for the incident and announced it was reviewing the circumstances with the Home Office. The company said, “We acknowledge that on this occasion the situation onboard could have been distressing for other passengers and apologise for that. However, the safety of the flight was never compromised.”
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“We would not have carried the passenger had he displayed threatening behaviour prior to the flight, the captain would have diverted if any threat was made to the safety of the flight or passengers on board, and he was in the care of two officers escorting him on behalf of the Home Office for the duration of the flight.”
“We are reviewing this case with the Home Office to see if lessons can be learned,” the statement added. Last night Home Office officials refused to reveal details on the individual who was being deported. A spokesperson said, “We do not comment on individual cases.”
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This article originally appeared on The Telegraph.
“It was really scary. I felt threatened. I was tearful. The worst-case scenario was that we weren’t going to get off that plane alive because we didn’t know who the person was, what the circumstances were or anything. There was nothing explained to us. It was very daunting,” shared one of the passengers, Lucy O'Sullivan. “When we got on board, the seats were moving so he was obviously kicking or thrashing out. I thought someone was having a fit. But when we got up close we could see people were restraining him.”
Muslim man yells ‘Allahu Akbar’ terrifying passengers on flight
“We didn’t know if there would be people on the plane who knew he was going to be deported that were on his side and whether they were going to mount a terrorist attack to free this person,” she added. One of the passengers made an audio recording of the man screaming “Allahu Akbar” 29 times, “death is coming” 17 times, and “we will die” nine times.
Children were reduced to tears and travellers feared a terror attack until it became clear that the handcuffed man was being guarded by Home Office officials. The unidentified asylum seeker was being deported to Venice after he had spent a year in a UK detention centre. He was being deported to Italy under the Dublin Regulation, which dictates that people must claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.
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Passengers were not allowed to use the lavatory towards the rear of the plane where the deportee was seated in the back row. Italian police boarded the flight when it landed in Venice before anyone was allowed off and took the migrant away.
Last night easyJet apologised for the incident and announced it was reviewing the circumstances with the Home Office. The company said, “We acknowledge that on this occasion the situation onboard could have been distressing for other passengers and apologise for that. However, the safety of the flight was never compromised.”
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“We would not have carried the passenger had he displayed threatening behaviour prior to the flight, the captain would have diverted if any threat was made to the safety of the flight or passengers on board, and he was in the care of two officers escorting him on behalf of the Home Office for the duration of the flight.”
“We are reviewing this case with the Home Office to see if lessons can be learned,” the statement added. Last night Home Office officials refused to reveal details on the individual who was being deported. A spokesperson said, “We do not comment on individual cases.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4DdOe9zS7c
This article originally appeared on The Telegraph.