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I realize that the OPs situation was one where the name of the person taken into custody was probably matched with the FBI or Interpol database after the flight was already en route. So of course agents will be there to take the person into custody.

Some of you have also related stories about handcuffed inmates on planes. This actually shouldn't be shocking. Every state and country flies inmates on commercial aircraft with armed guards. The Feds in the US actually have aircraft they use to transport prisoners across the US. Internationally, however almost all wanted individuals or inmates are transported using commercial flights.

The Feds in the US DO transport high-profile inmates singularly on federally-siezed private jets, though. That is common.

But usually the Feds transport by bus. They have a network or busses that connect many of the federal prisons that operate on a regular schedule once or twice a week.

If you are an problematic inmate that continuously violates rules they utilize what's called "diesel therapy." What they do is transport you across the country back and forth a few times by bus. A trip from West-East typically takes 10 days. You are handcuffed and shackled the entire time. You don't get your mail. You have no commissary, no phone calls or anything.

It makes me laugh that people on this forum sometimes complain about having to take a 10-12hr flight in Y.

Try sitting on a hard seat handcuffed and shackled for 10-12hrs--it literally is the most uncomfortable form of transportation on can experience.

Absolutely hated it.