Originally Posted by Chazpilot

Hi,

I was the original poster on Airliners.net which the author of this forum posting used. Airliners removed my posting because it wasn't in the right category :-(. Anyways, the explanation regarding the second guy who was led off the plane in cuffs upon arrival in ANC is that he was an illegal (either no visa, overstayed a visa, or misused a visa) in the States and had been deported back in Detroit. With the unplanned landing in ANC, thus making the flight an unscheduled domestic arrival, the Immigration officers had to come on board to personally escort him off and presumably put him up on a holding area for the night to ensure he wouldn't run off like he might have with the brief window of freedom at the Hilton! I say brief as he wouldn't have exactly thrived in the wilderness of Alaska! That's why he was escorted back on the plane the following AM. He had nothing to do with the unruly pax (medical emergency) guy who caused the diversion. As for the original instigator of the event, he was actually sitting at breakfast at the Hilton the following AM AND seen in the departure hall back at ANC, causing a lot of murmuring among us other pax whether it was appropriate for him to be able to go about his business as if nothing had happened. In the end he was not boarded on the onwards flight and presumably Delta made other arrangements for him (I'm guessing they flew him down to SEA and put him on their direct back to PVG from there.) No idea what repercussions he faced, but whatever his medical emergency was it seems it was all set off by the fact that he'd decided to fall off the wagon (been 2 weeks dry before the day) on our flight. So I trust he's been banned from Delta and hopefully his visa was cancel WITH prejudice. Sorry, but I'm sure that's what any foreigner in China would face if the reverse situation occurred. Oh, and that illegal who was deported (twice) had the local authorities waiting for him upon finally arriving in PVG - I saw a couple officers holding a print out with his photo on it.