I dunno... no pilot I've ever met would start engines and taxi under power with people around those engine intakes and exhaust. It's just not done. And I see no signs of desperation on any of the faces, just silly-giddy nonsense.

yeh, i see it too... the silly giddiness at the moment in the photo that was shared above AND in other media, too. Seems so fake, BUT... what about this video here? 👇 You can see a few Afghanistan people literally falling from the sky, off the United States airplane while fleeing Afghanistan. Looks pretty real to me. This is horrible 😳🥺 But what did they expect? A Free ride into the “FREE WORLD” that’s not so free anymore?🙄 Wonder if the pilot even knew those men were holding on to the plane at take off🤔 https://youtu.be/sv4Qvifu7...

You’re right though 🤔 Wouldn’t all those people on ground, just standing so close, burn once that plane fired up & took off? @longrower and @sirhuckleberry but I don’t know. Also, if those were real ‘people’ falling from the sky off the plane in mid air like that, would they be so easily detectable from that distance? Compare and contrast. The two things that are falling from the plane are clearly dark and would have to be pretty big for the video on the ground to identify some thing was falling from it. I would think you’d need to be in a helicopter close to the plane in order to take video and determine those are actual people falling at the distance. wonder if something (large boxes?) was just thrown off the plane? either way, people shouldn’t be latching onto the outside of a plane at take off. What did they expect? 🥺https://youtu.be/sv4Qvifu7...

Its a fake plane maybe inflatable look at the windows they are painted black

Can't vouch for authenticity of the aircraft, but they really have to darken windows for this environment. Otherwise pilots would cook until they got to 25,000' or so. Still, no pilot would start engines with idiots near intake or exhaust. Just not done.