Swedish student Elin Errson’s protest on a plane saved an Afghan man from being deported

Elin Errson, who is an asylum activist, remained standing so that the plane could not take off until the man was led away.
A courageous Swedish student cleverly used a loophole in flight regulations to prevent a man’s deportation to Afghanistan. Elin Errson, who is a student at Gothenburg University, prevented a plane at Sweden’s Gothenburg airport from taking off for Istanbul by remaining standing. As per flight regulations, a flight cannot take off until everyone is seated and has strapped on their seat belts.