No US military pilot would try to take off with a bunch of civilians clinging onto the outside of their craft, unless they were under direct fire and imminent threat of losing the craft. This is not how we do business folks. Prior service and active duty members speak up. This is just more sensationalized propaganda video engineered to invoke unrational emotional response, just like Chinese civilians spontaneously falling over dead in the streets from the coof. We are being set up for another major okie doke. Stay alert, stay alive!
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Prior USAF here. Been to Afghanistan. When shit hits the fan, you button up the aircraft and GTFO! Yes having people anywhere near the aircraft with engines running is insane, but the last thing you want is for one of them to damage the aircraft and leave you all stuck. So. You. GOOOO!!!! And I have no clue as to how all those people got there like that. I'm assuming some security checkpoints were literally overwhelmed. No idea.
This seems like a good assessment of the decision making. Can't risk your own life to save people going crazy.