Flight attendants working for charter companies have detailed harrowing conditions at deportation flights hired by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including directions to not engage with deportees and a lack of clear instructions on how to act in case of an emergency.
Speaking to ProPublica, flight attendants who refused to reveal their names, discussed concerns about potential medical emergencies, mechanical failures, and their inability to ensure passenger safety, particularly given the shackles that restrained deportees from wrists to ankles.
