Seeing some video the news was playing, my first concern was for the engines odd as it may sound. But considering the sheer volume of air they need at the intake, having that amount of people around a running aircraft is a definite safety hazard. All it takes is one person to get sucked up and that jet is grounded. On top of a gruesome death, that engine is destroyed, which can knock free the rotor blades and cause more injuries, more damage. Then nobody gets out.

No, more likely the aircraft was being towed for a shot like that. Not leaving, not arriving. Just not even running.

The desperation that would drive them to swarm a leaving aircraft though... that I believe.

Seeing that, my first concern was for the engines odd as it may sound. But considering the sheer volume of air they need at the intake, having that amount of people around a running aircraft is a definite safety hazard. All it takes is one person to get sucked up and that jet is grounded. On top of a gruesome death, that engine is destroyed, which can knock free the rotor blades and cause more injuries, more damage. Then nobody gets out.

No, more likely the aircraft was being towed for a shot like that. Not leaving, not arriving. Just not even running.