Overview

• Isleworth Crown Court imposed a 15-month prison term after he admitted racially aggravated harassment and threats to kill Virgin Atlantic cabin crew
• The flight attendant victim testified that the February 2023 incident left her traumatized and unable to return to work for months
• The onboard footage showed Iftikhar using racial slurs while threatening to gang-rape a flight attendant, set her on fire, and blow up the crew hotel during a London–Heathrow to Lahore flight
• Abeer Rizvi called for empathy on social media by describing his outburst as a mental health episode
• His recruitment firm, Staffing Match, collapsed under $22.8 million in debt following his arrest