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Indian Guy Freaked out in a Air Canada Flight!

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This fellow appears to already have nylon “flex-cuffs” (wrist restraints) on, when this episode started. Given the dress and demeanor / actions of the two men sitting to each side of him in the center section of the aircraft, I deduce he was being deported / removed from Canada to the UK, and thence onwards to his country of origin. The individuals sitting to each side behaved with the restraint they did because they were likely professional law enforcement officers from the Government of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) assigned to escort the deportee from Canada. This is commonly done in both the U.S. and Canada, as well as from most western countries. Had the fellows sitting to either side been mere civilians, they likely would have left their seats promptly, and left this fellow to the crew to handle, according to international civil aviation protocols for handling in-flight disruptions. The fellow in the middle clearly and simply just does not want to leave Canada to go wherever they were removing him to. He is not necessarily mentally ill - just highly anxious, agitated, and acting out as a last-ditch effort to get the plane to divert to a Canadian airfield when he would be incarcerated. Under these circumstances, sedation is not indicated, and might do more harm than good, unless the officers involved: (a) knew this fellows medical history, and (b) had been provided an appropriate sedative on a case-by-case basis - just in case. Also, his appearance, body language, and speech pattern identifies him as being from India, or possibly Bangladesh, or maybe Pakistan - not the Middle East - as another commenter observed. This writer is a retired U.S. Immigration Officer and is fully familiar with this operating procedure.

I think it was more his fear of xenophobia. "You're going to shoot me now" made me think he was worried people were sizing him up as a terrorist. Harold and Kumar style, like people thought he was a terrorist for some reason and they would shoot him. I agree though, thank god no one else panicked and they were all kind and tried to restrain him.