British Deportee Untraceable After Breaching Delhi Airport Security; Air India

December 2, 2025 at 09:11 AM•2 min read

Air India denies responsibility after a British national, deported from Bangkok, vanished from Delhi Airport by breaching multiple security layers over a

Key Points

1A British national, Jordan Joseph Peter Fitzpatrick, has remained untraceable for over 35 days after breaching multiple security layers at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on October 29, 2025.
2Air India denies responsibility, stating it fully complied with aviation security and IATA TWOV guidelines, treating Fitzpatrick as a normal transit passenger and not under custodial escort.
3The passenger, deported from Bangkok, exited through highly restricted zones (I2I transit, arrival, immigration) which are exclusively controlled by CISF and immigration authorities, not the airline.
4The incident highlights significant vulnerabilities in India's airport security systems, raising questions about how an international deportee could vanish unchecked.

A British national, Jordan Joseph Peter Fitzpatrick, remains untraceable over a month after he reportedly breached multiple layers of security at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi and exited the facility unchecked. The incident, which occurred on October 29, 2025, has prompted an ongoing investigation by Indian authorities, while Air India has formally denied any responsibility for the security lapse.

In a detailed response to India's Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on November 28, Air India asserted full compliance with all aviation security, transit handling, and international guidelines. The airline stated that Fitzpatrick, deported from Bangkok for 'drunk and disorderly trespassing,' was categorized as a Deportee Unaccompanied (DEPU) with valid onward travel documents to London within 24 hours. Under IATA's Travel Without Visa (TWOV) guidelines, he was treated as a normal transit passenger, not under custodial escort, with no indicated criminal background or threat.

Air India recounted that Fitzpatrick was initially escorted to the international transit area. After missing his original flight to London on October 28 and being rebooked on humanitarian grounds, he subsequently refused to board the second flight on October 29, demanding travel to Spain instead. The airline stated that Fitzpatrick then managed to exit the airport by breaching security protocols in the I2I transit, arrival, and immigration areas, which are exclusively under the control of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and immigration authorities, not the airline. Upon discovering his absence, Air India immediately notified all relevant agencies, including Immigration, Customs, CISF, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), and BCAS, leading to a police report under the Immigration and Foreigner Act.

The prolonged inability of the Delhi Police and central agencies to trace Fitzpatrick has raised significant concerns regarding the vulnerabilities within India's airport security systems. The incident highlights the ease with which an international passenger, not intending to enter India, could bypass multiple restricted zones and vanish, putting pressure on security agencies to address these critical gaps as the investigation continues.