Huge crowds flooded the airport in Kabul, chasing US Air Force planes leaving there.
The crew of a US military cargo plane that civilians desperately clung to during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan has been cleared of misconduct, New York Times reported. Several Afghan nationals fell to their deaths while clinging to the last American plane to leave Kabul, the country under Taliban control in August 2021.
The C-17 cargo plane was one of those flights. It took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul with people hanging from its wings and body parts later found in the plane’s gear well.
But dual reviews of the incident found that the crew members managing the Globemaster III were “complying with applicable rules of engagement,” Ann Stefanek, an Air Force spokeswoman, said in a statement. declare.
Ms. Stefanek said the crew “acted appropriately and exercised sound judgment in the decision to board the plane as quickly as possible in the face of an unprecedentedly rapidly deteriorating security situation.”
The assessments were conducted by Air Mobility Command and US Central Command, NYT the report said.
The poll was published shortly after the incident on August 16 last year. It is not yet known how many people died in this tragedy.
Video of the horrifying incident recorded by Afghan news agencies Share widely on social networks. It shows the stowaways who look like dots from an airplane.
In many videos From Kabul, a huge crowd flooded the airport, chasing a US Air Force plane. The panic situation forced American pilots and soldiers to make difficult decisions on the spot.
Another C-17 departed Kabul with 640 people on board – more than double the estimated number – before the Afghans were cleared by the US State Department and attempted to board.
The US military had to fire warning shots into the air to prevent crowds from running onto the plane.
