An Afghan man got stuck in the landing gear of an aircraft
The body of an Afghan was found inside the US military aircraft. The man was trying to flee the country after the Taliban took over Kabul.
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Yesterday, the Taliban entered the city of Kabul. Thousands of Afghans rushed to the Kabul airport in order to protect their lives. These people were so desperate that they tried to get on board of the aircraft leaving their country.
There are several videos from the deadly chaos that took place at the Kabul airport. Several people died at the airport. Some of them may have been shot. They may have been killed by the stampede.
As you can see in the video, the man is clinging onto a C-17 US military aircraft. Another video shows two men falling off in mid-air. They had tied themselves to the wheels, but fell right after taking off.
That’s not all. A third video shows the body of a dead Afghan. The man was stuck in the landing gear and the wind smashed his body.
WARNING: The content of this video may disturb you.
Body of Afghan found in US military plane's landing gear https://t.co/F1sEsdjySm pic.twitter.com/moR4jZZch0
— New York Post (@nypost) August 17, 2021
C-17 from Kabul: “a body was found wedged
against the wheel well of the aircraft with a hand and foot jammed in retractable elements of the landing gear doors/mechanisms… human remains in the left wheel well also. A search of the approach corridor to AUAB uncovered a human hand” pic.twitter.com/tq4iiEXbcC— Manish Vij (@vijmn) August 17, 2021
Politico has more details:
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 aircraft’s landing gear has made it temporarily inoperable, the sources said.
The news is the latest disturbing development after chaos erupted at Kabul’s international airport over the weekend following the Taliban’s stunning takeover of Afghanistan’s capital city. Terrifying videos showing Afghans clinging to planes, including the military’s 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.
Here’s how a C-17’s landing gear looks like:
Wheel-well stowaways do survive sometimes (there's a wiki list of them). But the C-17 is a different beast. Sad to imagine what those who tried to cling on to it went through.
Remains of Dead Afghan Found in Landing Gear of US Military Plane https://t.co/0xQLmyS5ap via @vice pic.twitter.com/DbieQZCnHk
— Alan Wong (@alanwongw) August 17, 2021
The New York Post reported the following:
The body of a dead Afghan was found in the landing gear of a US Air Force plane that hastily took off from Kabul airport on Monday as thousands desperately tried to climb aboard even as it taxied down the runway.
Human remains were found inside the C-17 transport plane’s wheel well after pilots were forced to make an emergency landing in a nearby country because they were unable to retract the landing gear, sources told the Washington Post.
The person is believed to have climbed onto the landing gear and tried to stow away before the plane departed in the frantic attempt to flee the country after the Taliban takeover.
Shocking videos showed masses of Afghans chasing after the plane as it taxied down the runway, with some managing to cling on as it took off.
At least two people plunged to their deaths moments later as the plane rapidly gained altitude over the city.
Three Afghans clinging on to this US Airforce flight's wheel, later fell down from sky & died as the aircraft took off from #Kabul 's airport. What a sorry & helpless way to die. Just sad sad things. pic.twitter.com/AP9sVB4uVR
— Praveen Angusamy, IFS (@PraveenIFShere) August 16, 2021
Unbelievable and tragic, two people who tied themselves to an airplane wheel falling from high as the aircraft takes off. Via @AsvakaNews#Afghanistan #Afghan_lives_matter pic.twitter.com/RwWkYCtu3L
— ☮︎ Naitik ☮︎ (@mr_ethic) August 16, 2021
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