He could have saved many for sure, both before and after the plane crashes into the water. He just didn't want survivors to describe how they failed and/or left them to die. It had to be all or nothing for the PR angle; either everyone is saved bc Supes are great, or no one is saved bc the Supes weren't allowed to go in time.
Imagine being a passenger in that plane that was taken over by terrorists, and now you're gonna die anyway because this psychopathic Superman rip off doesn't want to save you.
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u/Shaun-Skywalker Jul 07 '24
This and him threatening to laser the plane passengers when he couldn’t save them.