I think the potential prisoner would have been on the plane that crashed violently in Philadelphia, not the plan in DC that was landing. If the author is saying that the prisoner was sitting on the plane landing in DC, then that is really weird because prisoners aren’t normally transported on commercial flights.
I could be wrong here - and you’re right that this would be a very roundabout way to get to Springfield from Wichita. I mean, that’s about a 4 hour drive, from Wichita, KS, to Springfield, MO. Why even fly?
Oh. I was thinking about the wrong plane crash. Even so, I thought I read that the Philadelphia crash had only four crew members and two passengers on the plane at the time – a pilot, copilot, physician, paramedic, pediatric patient and her mother, all Mexican nationals. I can’t keep up with all of the chaos. Maybe that’s “their” (black hats) goal.
I have had prisoners escorted on my flights. Handcuffed and seated in the last row with an officer sitting on each side of him.