The situation at Halle Airport was utter chaos. On one side were passengers being urgently evacuated from the terminal, who still found time to pull out their phones to record videos and livestream the event, along with German police, military personnel, and airline staff sweating profusely from the workload. On the other was a conflict between "superhumans" triggered by the Sokovia Accords. Disputes over how the passengers should be evacuated meant that the entire process maintained only the barest order, while passengers seeking answers nearly overwhelmed the airline staff.
At first, the airline flatly refused the German police's demand to evacuate passengers who had already boarded. But as time passed, the people arriving at the negotiation site were no longer just administrative personnel. A large group of fully armed soldiers entered the office carrying orders from the U.S. military stationed in Germany. The airline's management had no choice but to agree to delay the flights, have the pilots park the passenger-filled planes in the corners of the apron, and arrange transport as quickly as possible.
As quickly as possible.
The airline had almost no spare personnel to organize an evacuation. After getting off the planes, many passengers could only remain where they were, waiting for vehicles that might arrive at any moment—or never—and bidding farewell to their luggage. The apron and hangar that had caused the flight delays were in no better shape. Steve Rogers's team had clashed with the group led by Tony Stark, Colonel Rhodes, and Natasha Romanoff.
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