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Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace, Eric Levenson and Francesca Street, CNN • Updated 7th January 2021
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(CNN) Airlines and two unions representing flight attendants are concerned about in-flight security as the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol Wednesday leave the Washington DC area.
American Airlines and United Airlines have both increased staffing at the DC-area airports where they operate. American is also suspending alcohol service on its flights to and from the region.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) International, which represents nearly 50,000 flight attendants at 17 airlines, said the rioters should not be allowed on flights home. Their violent and seditious actions at the Capitol (Wednesday) create further concern about their departure from the DC area, AFA president Sara Nelson said in a statement. Acts against our democracy, our government, and the freedom we claim as Americans must disqualify these individuals
Pro-Trump protesters remain out after Washington DC curfew
Dozens of pro-Trump protesters remain on the streets of the nation’s capital in defiance of the curfew imposed after rioters stormed the Capitol.
People shelter in the U.S. House gallery as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington D.C.
| Photo Credit: AP
The mostly maskless crowd was forcibly removed from the Capitol on Wednesday after breaking into the building and halting the constitutional process of voting to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win. They were pushed out of the immediate area and moved down the hill, where they taunted law enforcement and moved barricades.