Peter Andringa
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Journalist/technologist, @financialtimes.com Visual Investigations
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We also spoke to a federal air marshal seconded from his usual job to work for ICE. He said staff often worked 24 to 30 hours on multi-stop flights, without much rest. He also raised concerns about evacuating chained detainees.
“If we had a water landing, God forbid, they’re all going to drown.”
“If we had a water landing, God forbid, they’re all going to drown.”
August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We also spoke to a federal air marshal seconded from his usual job to work for ICE. He said staff often worked 24 to 30 hours on multi-stop flights, without much rest. He also raised concerns about evacuating chained detainees.
“If we had a water landing, God forbid, they’re all going to drown.”
“If we had a water landing, God forbid, they’re all going to drown.”
Avelo is the only passenger airline also operating for ICE, drawing significant public criticism and boycotts.
We spoke to two former employees who raised concerns and say they were fired as a result. One flight attendant told us he feared for the safety of the chained detainees in an emergency.
We spoke to two former employees who raised concerns and say they were fired as a result. One flight attendant told us he feared for the safety of the chained detainees in an emergency.
August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Avelo is the only passenger airline also operating for ICE, drawing significant public criticism and boycotts.
We spoke to two former employees who raised concerns and say they were fired as a result. One flight attendant told us he feared for the safety of the chained detainees in an emergency.
We spoke to two former employees who raised concerns and say they were fired as a result. One flight attendant told us he feared for the safety of the chained detainees in an emergency.
CSI subcontracts flight operations to charter airlines like GlobalX. In it's most recent quarterly filing, GlobalX revealed that 58% of revenue comes from ICE flights, on 11 of its 19 planes.
In an earnings call this month, its CFO said "We feel there’s demand for significantly more passengers.”
In an earnings call this month, its CFO said "We feel there’s demand for significantly more passengers.”
August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
CSI subcontracts flight operations to charter airlines like GlobalX. In it's most recent quarterly filing, GlobalX revealed that 58% of revenue comes from ICE flights, on 11 of its 19 planes.
In an earnings call this month, its CFO said "We feel there’s demand for significantly more passengers.”
In an earnings call this month, its CFO said "We feel there’s demand for significantly more passengers.”
The founder and CEO of ICE's main contractor, CSI Aviation, spoke at a Trump rally in 2016 and hosted one at his hangar in 2024. CSI's president (& Weh's daughter), Deborah Maestas, signed docs as a "fake elector" in 2020. Both were appointed to Trump WH advisory committees last term.
August 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The founder and CEO of ICE's main contractor, CSI Aviation, spoke at a Trump rally in 2016 and hosted one at his hangar in 2024. CSI's president (& Weh's daughter), Deborah Maestas, signed docs as a "fake elector" in 2020. Both were appointed to Trump WH advisory committees last term.
Was about to post the same but you’ve beat me to it!
August 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Was about to post the same but you’ve beat me to it!
Come hang out with our @journalismfestival.com panel on Saturday to chat about protests, eyewitness news, and shitposting on Bluesky!
April 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Come hang out with our @journalismfestival.com panel on Saturday to chat about protests, eyewitness news, and shitposting on Bluesky!
Attorneys have just filed a declaration from a woman on one of the flights, who was sent to El Salvador and returned when its government only accepted the male deportees. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
She also says she was told they were headed to Venezuela: (highlights my own)
She also says she was told they were headed to Venezuela: (highlights my own)
March 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Attorneys have just filed a declaration from a woman on one of the flights, who was sent to El Salvador and returned when its government only accepted the male deportees. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
She also says she was told they were headed to Venezuela: (highlights my own)
She also says she was told they were headed to Venezuela: (highlights my own)
The US and Venezuela reached a deal to resume direct deportation flights yesterday, after the agreement broke down last weekend.
Two planes met for a handover at Soto Cano air base in Honduras — the same place the three flights to El Salvador mysteriously stopped last week.
Two planes met for a handover at Soto Cano air base in Honduras — the same place the three flights to El Salvador mysteriously stopped last week.
March 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The US and Venezuela reached a deal to resume direct deportation flights yesterday, after the agreement broke down last weekend.
Two planes met for a handover at Soto Cano air base in Honduras — the same place the three flights to El Salvador mysteriously stopped last week.
Two planes met for a handover at Soto Cano air base in Honduras — the same place the three flights to El Salvador mysteriously stopped last week.
For those following the court proceedings closely, we start to probe some of the details: When exactly did the flights leave? Why stop in Honduras? (And why would these details need to be a state secret?)
@tomcartwright.bsky.social suggests some possibilities:
@tomcartwright.bsky.social suggests some possibilities:
March 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
For those following the court proceedings closely, we start to probe some of the details: When exactly did the flights leave? Why stop in Honduras? (And why would these details need to be a state secret?)
@tomcartwright.bsky.social suggests some possibilities:
@tomcartwright.bsky.social suggests some possibilities:
We built the greatest store of knowledge in human history, made all of it accessible in a few keystrokes… only to replace it with AI cartoons and summaries that read like 7th-grade book reports.
November 18, 2024 at 9:16 PM
We built the greatest store of knowledge in human history, made all of it accessible in a few keystrokes… only to replace it with AI cartoons and summaries that read like 7th-grade book reports.
New: Kamala Harris has been on a digital spending (and fundraising) spree, doubling Trump’s YTD spend on FB + Google in just the last three weeks. (Trump’s campaign is also running far behind his 2020 spending pace.)
www.ft.com/content/691e...
www.ft.com/content/691e...
August 15, 2024 at 1:28 PM
New: Kamala Harris has been on a digital spending (and fundraising) spree, doubling Trump’s YTD spend on FB + Google in just the last three weeks. (Trump’s campaign is also running far behind his 2020 spending pace.)
www.ft.com/content/691e...
www.ft.com/content/691e...
NEW: We found more evidence of just how unprepared Conservatives were for their own PM’s election announcement. Labour took advantage of a key spending loophole in the first week, while the Tories… did not.
on.ft.com/45dxXU5
on.ft.com/45dxXU5
June 9, 2024 at 9:27 AM
NEW: We found more evidence of just how unprepared Conservatives were for their own PM’s election announcement. Labour took advantage of a key spending loophole in the first week, while the Tories… did not.
on.ft.com/45dxXU5
on.ft.com/45dxXU5
NEW (yesterday): In our latest visual investigation, we dug into the Russian reconstruction of Mariupol, and discovered its latest Potemkin village:
➡️ ft.com/mariupol
➡️ ft.com/mariupol
February 8, 2024 at 4:16 PM
NEW (yesterday): In our latest visual investigation, we dug into the Russian reconstruction of Mariupol, and discovered its latest Potemkin village:
➡️ ft.com/mariupol
➡️ ft.com/mariupol
Today in accidental metaphors: the UK Supreme Court has stymied my research on technology law... because they forgot to renew their SSL certificate. (www.supremecourt.uk)
August 19, 2023 at 1:58 PM
Today in accidental metaphors: the UK Supreme Court has stymied my research on technology law... because they forgot to renew their SSL certificate. (www.supremecourt.uk)