Methinks the Copy Editor got a little over-excited there.
Perhaps he was imagining pax already clubbing each other in a Lord of the Flies manner and resorting to Cannibalism(?)
This is C21. I'm pretty sure they'll all be shuttled to air-conditioned hotels, fed, watered and flown on to their destination shortly...
Still, probably as close to a Survival Story as most people will ever get these days.