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A quick decision. did they follow the regulations and tell the afghans dont board the plane. as your previous -- this is against regulations. nothing about this was normal. and instead, they made a decision as a crew to load up as many people as they could and take off as quickly as they could. its a very, very different situation. these aircraft, as you mentioned, normally can carry about 300 when theres a seat or bench configuration. and what they did here, they had everyone sit on the floor i...

Decision as a crew to load up as many people as they could and take off as quickly as they could. its a very, very different situation. these aircraft, as you mentioned, normally can carry about 300 when theres a seat or bench configuration. and what they did here, they had everyone sit on the floor in a floor loading configuration. the only time ive seen this happen was in 2013 in a typhoon rescue. but even then, it was more orderly where there were cargo straps so everyone could hold on to the...