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Old Dec 25, 2009, 10:58 pm
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KathrynFlyingAway
 
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They kept them on the plane?

I know that newspaper reports are still early, but at least one source (quoted upthread) implied that pax were kept on the plane for some time after landing.

I hope that this isn't the case: if passengers need to be debriefed, move them somewhere secure but off the plane. I'll hope it is just inaccurate reporting, but then back in the time of SARS I recall reports of pax being kept on a plane because one passenger appeared to be sick.

If someone is sick, being forced to stay near them for even a minute longer than is physically necessary (not on the ground yet) is cruel. The same holds true if one passenger attacks the others: keeping the victims on the plane itself seems horrifying to me.
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