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Air Force concludes that C-17 crew are not at fault for deaths of Afghans who fell from their evacuation plane and were fatally crushed in jet's landing gear
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Air Force says its transport crew made the right decision to leave Kabul airport amid a chaotic withdrawal last August

  • The USAF concluded that air crew members acted appropriately and were not at fault for some tragic deaths during the evacuation from Afghanistan last year

  • Crew exhibited 'sound judgment' in face of an 'unprecedented' security crisis, according to a report compiled by the military branch

  • Desperate Afghans clung to a military plane as it was taking off and fell to their deaths or were caught in the wheels

  • Crowds of people had surged onto the runway at the airport in Kabul in a desperate attempt to flee the country

  • Human remains were discovered in the wheel well of the the C-17 military transport plane after it landed in Qatar

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-15
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=635760