Watch: Man ‘being deported' flees plane at Heathrow
A man who was filmed being chased across the tarmac at Heathrow Airport was in the process of being deported when he tried to escape, The Telegraph understands.
Footage posted online showed the man sprinting away from airport staff as passenger jets took off and landed close by.
The incident lasted several minutes before the man was apprehended by workers wearing hi-vis vests. He was detained on the ground with the support of police officers who were also on the scene.
The Telegraph can reveal that the man had been due to be deported from the UK to India when he broke free from immigration officers and attempted to escape.
After being restrained, he was returned to the flight he had been due to board and is understood to have now left the UK.
A Heathrow spokesman said: 'Working with partners, we have quickly resolved an incident at the airport involving an individual who accessed the airfield taxiway. The individual has been removed from the airport.
'The airport continues to operate as normal, and passengers are travelling as planned.'
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