Hundreds of panicked Afghans were seen pulling themselves onto the aircraft's ramp as they scrambled over one another in an attempt to flee the country.
The evacuation came amid chaotic and violent scenes at Kabul airport asA U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carried 640 Afghans inside the plane's hold, the Department of Defense confirmed to. An image of the packed plane, since released by the DOD, was first published by Defense One.
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III safely transported approximately 640 Afghan citizens from Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport August 15, 2021.However, panicked Afghans who had been cleared to evacuate pulled themselves onto the aircraft's half-open ramp, one defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, toldVideos posted to social media captured the chaos and showed people scrambling over the top of one another in an attempt to climb the plane's air bridge.
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