Friday 30 November 2018

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British Airways steward is arrested minutes before take-off in Brazil 'after trying to smuggle £1.5million of cocaine into Britain in his carry-on bag'

  • Jean Paul Ogou, 43, is arrested moments before take-off in Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • He was about to board a flight to London 'when 2st of cocaine was found in bag'
  • He attempted to walk past security without passing bag through x-ray machine 
  • Police found pure cocaine stashed in pillow cases and he was arrested 
By ED RILEY FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 08:36, 29 November 2018 | UPDATED: 10:50, 29 November 2018
Jean Paul Ogou who was about to board a flight from Sao Paulo to London when he was arrested
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Jean Paul Ogou who was about to board a flight from Sao Paulo to London when he was arrested
A British Airways steward was arrested just moments before take-off suspected of trying to smuggle £1.5million of cocaine into Britain.
Jean Paul Ogou, 43, was reportedly about to board a flight from Sao Paulo to London when officers discovered 2st (13kg) of the drug in what was alleged to be his carry on bag. 
It is claimed he attempted to walk past security without passing his hold-all through the x-ray machine reserved for flight crew. 
But he was stopped by police at the airport in Brazil, and they allegedly found pure cocaine inside, stashed in plastic bags and pillow cases. 
Photos released in Brazil showed the cocaine haul and scales weighing in the haul at 12.983kg. 
Flight BA246 took off slightly late at 17.08 on Monday with other staff having to be drafted in to fill in.
The suspect lives in France and commutes to London, The Sun reported.
He is said to have flown for BA for ten years and have family links to the Ivory Coast. 
Airline bosses sacked Mr Ogou as he was locked up in a Brazilian jail where he is awaiting charges. 
An insider told The Sun: 'Anyone buying that amount of cocaine will need to fork out around £150,000. 
Photos released in Brazil showed the cocaine haul and scales weighing in the haul at 12.983kg
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Photos released in Brazil showed the cocaine haul and scales weighing in the haul at 12.983kg
Airline bosses for BA (pictured) sacked Mr Ogou as he was locked up in a Brazilian jail where he is awaiting charges
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Airline bosses for BA (pictured) sacked Mr Ogou as he was locked up in a Brazilian jail where he is awaiting charges
'The thinking is the money was smuggled out of the country to Brazil on a BA flight in hard cash. 
'Once cut, and sold for £50 or £60 a gram, this amount of drugs has a UK street value of around £1.5million.' 
Ex-Flying Squad chief supt Barry Phillips said: 'The quantity indicates the involvement of organised crime.'
British Airways said Mr Ogou 'no longer works for the airline.' 
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Monday 12 November 2018

Monday 12 November 2018

We didn’t like British Airways anyway, insist Brexiters


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After learning that British Airways has asked Spanish authorities to be reclassified as a Spanish company after Brexit, many Brexiters have insisted that they didn’t really like the airline anyway.
International Consolidated Airlines Group, which owns British Airways, has begun talks with Spanish authorities, hoping to ensure the company’s lucrative presence in the EU after Brexit.
Brexiter Simon Williams said he wasn’t bothered by the news, insisting British Airways never felt like a proper British company anyway.
He explained, “They hardly spend any time here, their planes are always off galivanting around the world, rather than staying on these shores like any true patriot would.”
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When reminded that his hero, Margaret Thatcher, held the firm in such high esteem that she was furious when they took the Union flag from the fleet’s tails, he insisted Thatcher would agree with him.
“Just because Maggie lost her shit when the airline removed the British flag from the tails of its fleet doesn’t mean she actually liked them, or that she thought of them as properly British. She was just angry all the time because of the communists.
“If she were alive today she would be quite happy seeing British Airways sod off to Madrid as long as we all get blue passports.
“Shut up, yes she would.”
When it was pointed out to Williams that British Airways is just the latest in a long line of major companies withdrawing business and operations from the UK to protect themselves against the negative effects of Brexit, he accused us of taking part in Project Fear.
He concluded, “We don’t need British Airways, not while we can rely on patriotic British airlines like Ryanair.”
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Sunday 4 November 2018

77 hours trying to get home on BA fight

BA passengers in three-day Orlando to Gatwick journey 'hell'

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Passengers for BA flight 2036 queue up to board for a third timeImage copyrightTWITTER/LEE_SULLIVAN85
Image captionPassengers for BA flight 2036 queue up to board for a third time
British Airways passengers who endured a 77-hour "journey from hell" back to London from Florida, have said they were treated "inhumanly".
Passengers have complained of sleeping on airport floors and holidaymakers crying on the "chaotic" journey home.
BA flight 2036 was supposed to take off from Orlando at 19:25 ET (00:25 GMT) on Thursday and arrive at Gatwick eight hours later - but it arrived in the UK on Sunday after going through New York.
BA has apologised to passengers.
The airline said it "appreciated that this was an exhausting and frustrating experience" for the more than 200 passengers on board and said sorry for the "long delay".
Passenger Sarah Wilson whose £11,000 "dream" family holiday to Disney World "turned into a nightmare" has accused BA of "failing their passengers when they needed help most".
Sarah Wilson and her family and friends spent two weeks at Disney World in OrlandoImage copyrightSARAH WILSON
Image captionSarah Wilson and her family and friends had spent two weeks at Disney World before her travel nightmare getting back from Orlando
"BA's customer service was disgusting, absolutely abhorrent," said the mother-of-four from Undy, Monmouthshire, whose flights to Florida alone cost more than £4,000.
"The passengers were treated inhumanely, all we wanted was some food and drink, somewhere to sleep and to be kept informed - and they failed on all counts no matter what they claim."
The flight was due to leave Orlando on Thursday evening but after passengers waited on the plane for four hours for a technical fault to be repaired they were forced to disembark and stay in a nearby hotel.
"Imagine 200 people turning up in the early hours to check in to a hotel," Ms Wilson said. "It was a chaos and there was not a BA representative in sight taking charge.
The 44-year-old said the coach back to Orlando Airport was delayed twice before eventually leaving at about 20:00 ET on Friday.
After the flight left for Gatwick at 01:00 ET on Saturday, Ms Wilson said the flight was diverted to New York's JFK airport 40 minutes after take-off.
"The captain said over the tannoy, the original problem had come back," said Ms Wilson.
"They had to drop the landing gear, lose fuel to make the plane lighter and divert to New York - it was the roughest one-and-a-half hours on a flight I'd ever experienced, made worse as I suffer from travel sickness.
"Children were having panic attacks, the turbulence was awful and people were scared, tired and hungry.
"On arrival at JFK, first of all we had to wait until 06:00 ET for the BA staff to arrive and then told there was no food waiting and getting a hotel would be difficult because the New York Marathon was on and everywhere was fully booked.
"One mother asked where she could get formula for her seven-month-old baby and the reply was 'it would be difficult to find anywhere at this hour'. She was in tears.
"Children were sleeping on floors in JFK's Terminal 7 but my husband found a hotel in Queens for us to sleep for a few hours but we paid ourselves.
The passengers eventually left the US on Saturday evening and arrived back in London on Sunday morning.
"It was a horrendous experience but BA's handling is the issue" added Ms Wilson.
"Unfortunate things happen but it's how you deal with a crisis that's important and BA didn't have a contingency plan.
"Their communication with the passengers - most of whom were beside themselves by the end - was non-existent.
"So much so they put on food for us eventually in the BA business lounge at JFK on Saturday evening but didn't tell anyone. We only found out by luck but most of the passengers didn't know.
"I'm glad to be home but to top it all, my suitcase is still in JFK. I admit I've had a bit of cry. There were a lot tears from passengers.
"It was the journey from hell when it was supposed to be a holiday on a lifetime that we'd saved up for years to go on."
British Airways apologised and confirmed its "aircraft diverted to New York on Saturday morning as a precaution, following a minor technical issue".
"We sent a relief aircraft out to New York on Saturday morning to get customers back to London Gatwick as quickly as possible.
"Customers were rebooked where possible and while there were limited hotel rooms available, our teams on the ground cared for customers in our first class lounge providing bedding, food and drinks to ensure they were comfortable during their stay."
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