Airport security guards boarded plane upon landing
Aug 29, 2018, 12:45 pm
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This is normally border force. They want to check passports before (bogus) asylum seekers flush them down the toilet and claim a different nationality / identity when they reach immigration booths.
Aug 30, 2018, 2:21 am
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Aug 30, 2018, 5:57 am
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Interesting - on approach to LHR (probably over Isleworth) the aircraft dropped to the left by around 20-30 degrees (so much so there were gasps from some of the passengers) and then immediately levelled off accompanied by a thud similar to wake turbulence. The aircraft continued its approach, but nose down, for maybe half a mile when it returned to the normal nose up attitude, which I thought was the aircraft getting back on to the glide path.
Aug 30, 2018, 6:03 am
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I have had this a couple of times at LHR. But I seem to have it every time I disembark at MAD from an IB long haul from South America.
Aug 30, 2018, 8:20 am
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Thankfully, on-board smokers appear to be becoming rarer nowadays though.
Aug 30, 2018, 8:46 am
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Sep 3, 2018, 8:34 am
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This happened yesterday when I was arriving on A3 from ATH.
In recent weeks I've also seen it happen at FRA and TXL both times on LH.
The police and border force of each country clearly know who is coming well in advance and are prepared.
In recent weeks I've also seen it happen at FRA and TXL both times on LH.
The police and border force of each country clearly know who is coming well in advance and are prepared.
Sep 3, 2018, 8:42 am
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This sort of targeted enforcement is far better than simply increasing all border security. The volume of advance information known about arriving passengers is significant and that lets the coppers focus on those who may need focusing.