VIDEO: Two Afghans fall from sky after holding on to US aircraft
- 16 Aug 2021
Gulf Today Report
Two Afghans fell from the sky after holding on to US aircraft, according to media reports.
People desperate to leave Afghanistan are seen clinging on to a US military aircraft.
Extraordinary footage shows men running alongside the US Air Force’s Boeing C-17 as it is taxiing down the runway before take-off.
It has also been reported that at least two people, who were holding on to a plane, allegedly fell from the sky after the aircraft took off from Kabul airport.
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It is alleged that it the plane they fell from is the same USAF aircraft that is in the video.
A man pulls a girl to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday. Reuters
In astonishing scenes at Kabul airport on Monday, scores of desperate Afghanis were seen scaling the air bridge of an aircraft from all sides in a last-ditch attempt to escape the Taliban.
Videos on social media showed chaotic scenes as thousands of people rushed to escape the country after the Taliban captured the capital, writes The Independent’s Shweta Sharma.
People climbed on the stairs leading to the plane from all sides and some were seen dangling from it, videos showed.
