Body of dead Afghan found in landing gear of military jet leaving Kabul airport
Source: Politico
The body of an Afghan so desperate to escape the country hours after Kabul fell to the Taliban was found in the landing gear of an American C-17 transport aircraft hours after it hastily took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The body in the aircrafts landing gear has made it temporarily inoperable, the sources said.
The news is the latest disturbing development after chaos erupted at Kabuls international airport over the weekend following the Talibans stunning takeover of Afghanistans capital city. Terrifying videos showing Afghans clinging to planes, including the militarys massive C-17 cargo jets, as they attempted to take off dominated news segments across the world Monday. Some videos showed Afghans falling from mid-air from a plane leaving the airport.
A Pentagon spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Washington Post first reported the news.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/16/dead-afghan-landing-gear-kabul-airport-505400
Javaman
(62,497 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)but didn't survive. Sure must have wanted out of Afghan bad to take a chance like that. I hope we get enough p[lanes in there to get these folks out safely.
Polybius
(15,328 posts)He probably thought that he could safely go inside that way.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,079 posts)We have an issue here at my townhouse. The neighbor beside me has been feeding the ducks that live in the pond beside us for decades. Now, they seldom fly away for the winter. They are just too conditioned to having their food handed to them. I wonder if the same ducks survive each winter because they stand around each morning just waiting for their food. There is no shortage of natural foods for them here. To me, it seems they cannot forage on their own any more. So, is this what is happening in Afghanistan? Have we created a group of people who are just expecting the US to waltz in and solve everything? Has this situation created a group just like the ducks around here? I am curious about this potential scenario. Any one have any insight on this idea?
milestogo
(16,829 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,972 posts)The US cannot be the police of the world. I feel for those women, children and men who mean nothing to the Taliban with their knuckled dragging, backwards selves who mirror the GQP in our country, but we have American citizens who are literally being murdered by GQP governors daily because they do not want nor believe in mask mandates to slow down the spread of Covid-19, delta and other variants. I'm also wondering when Dems will fight back against the GQP'ers who keep saying that Pres. Biden has the blood of the Afghans on his hands, when GQP governors like Ron DeathSentence, Abbott, Noem have the blood of those living in their states who continue DYING of Covid-19, delta variant on their hands. Folks on twitter like myself don't let them get away with that blood on Pres. Biden's hands shit, as we go back at them and ask them about the blood of American citizens on the hands of DeathSentence, dumb-ass Abbott, that witch Noem and other GQP governors who don't give a damn about stopping the spread of this deadly pandemic, they only mostly care about criticizing Pres. Biden while Rome literally burn all across the country in RED states saturated with Covid-19 death.
Maybe there are some Dems have asked the GQP'ers accusing Pres. Biden of Afghan blood on his hands about their parties utter hypocrisy and murdering Governors with American citizens blood on their hands, but I don't think I've heard any giving it back to them yet.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,079 posts)And, thanks to the few who decided to answer my question rather than judge it.
samsingh
(17,590 posts)i don't know how anyone can ever trust the US ever again
we abandon our allies with utmost contempt