Posted on Aug 17, 2021
Shocking photos show 600+ Afghans crammed in fleeing US Air Force plane
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A new photo from the evacuation of Kabul reveals how nearly 650 Afghans were crammed onto one US Air Force transport plane in the scramble to escape the Taliban.
The image from Sunday shows roughly 640 Afghans who had been cleared to evacuate crammed inside the C-17 Globemaster II cargo jet - far more than the aircraft’s designated load of passengers.
“The crew made the decision to go,” a defence official told military news site Defense One, which obtained the image. “Approximately 640 Afghan civilians disembarked the aircraft when it arrived at its destination.”
The image from Sunday shows roughly 640 Afghans who had been cleared to evacuate crammed inside the C-17 Globemaster II cargo jet - far more than the aircraft’s designated load of passengers.
“The crew made the decision to go,” a defence official told military news site Defense One, which obtained the image. “Approximately 640 Afghan civilians disembarked the aircraft when it arrived at its destination.”
Shocking photos show 600+ Afghans crammed in fleeing US Air Force plane
Posted from independent.co.uk
Afghanistan
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Kabul
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Kudos to the crew. Probably get reamed, but they did what they felt was right.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
I doubt they will get reamed...if they do it will be public and then in private they will get air medals for making the right call. These kids did the right thing in a very difficult situation.
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Nobody's fault but their own. Did you notice any women in the crowd surrounding the aircrafts? No, because women are like cattle to them. Some men were shedding their uniforms to appease Taliban, and to assist with them bugging out on their families. We never had an ally in Afghanistan.
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