Escorted after the flight? Terminal 5
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Escorted after the flight? Terminal 5
I recently flew a short-haul flight into London Heathrow Terminal 5. When disembarking, I noticed that one of the passengers had disembarked, but rather than go to flight connections / passport control, she stopped at the part of the aerobridge that was near the door.
She was waiting with an official, who didn't seem to be Border Force, nor was this person wearing purple i.e. like the the people that wave you towards the ePassport gates. I think he was possibly holding her passport, but I am not totally sure.
I'm just slightly curious as to what was going on. He was wearing ID on a lanyard, and the ID card seemed to have what I think was his nationality printed in caps at the bottom, along with some other text I couldn't quite read.
Anyone come across this before? Really curious as it isn't really something I haven't really come across with BA before.
She was waiting with an official, who didn't seem to be Border Force, nor was this person wearing purple i.e. like the the people that wave you towards the ePassport gates. I think he was possibly holding her passport, but I am not totally sure.
I'm just slightly curious as to what was going on. He was wearing ID on a lanyard, and the ID card seemed to have what I think was his nationality printed in caps at the bottom, along with some other text I couldn't quite read.
Anyone come across this before? Really curious as it isn't really something I haven't really come across with BA before.
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Possibly a inter terminal Priority Transfer which has happened to me once on a Domestic T5 arrival to T3 TATL departure. The car driver asks to see your passport/id and boarding card, and then takes you down the stairs to the waiting car and straight to the gate - you bypass security at T3. Takes all of 10 minutes and is very nice when you get it.
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So she walked off the plane herself? Therefore she wasn't escorted off the flight.
That has different connotations such as the involvement of the police / immigration officers - which this clearly wasn't the case.
That has different connotations such as the involvement of the police / immigration officers - which this clearly wasn't the case.
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The thread title has been amended to reflect the somewhat less dramatic and exciting circumstances described in the text.
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She was waiting with an official, who didn't seem to be Border Force, nor was this person wearing purple i.e. like the the people that wave you towards the ePassport gates. I think he was possibly holding her passport, but I am not totally sure.
I'm just slightly curious as to what was going on. He was wearing ID on a lanyard, and the ID card seemed to have what I think was his nationality printed in caps at the bottom, along with some other text I couldn't quite read.
I'm just slightly curious as to what was going on. He was wearing ID on a lanyard, and the ID card seemed to have what I think was his nationality printed in caps at the bottom, along with some other text I couldn't quite read.