<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cactuspete:
And if the flight crew doesn't trust security, then surely the passengers had the right to be concerned.
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Of course they have the right to be concerned. Furthermore, they have the right to disembark due to that concern. Nobody forced them to do anything they didn't want to do. It's just that simple.