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Afghanistan
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
2022-06-15
[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

#7  A real investigation would have concluded the cause was Biden’s poor decision making and preparation.
Posted by: Airandee   2022-06-15 20:26  

#6  ...Had My Beloved Service made any other call, the pushback would have been epic. Those kids - and 44 years after hitting the parade ground at Lackland, I can say that - pulled off something that shouldn't have even been imaginable, much less possible. It wasn't their fault that some moron decided to hang on for the ride.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-06-15 10:11  

#5  Delta probably already did and decided the seating would be too comfortable, B.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2022-06-15 08:51  

#4  #2 Don't forget the side mirrors for the pilot and co-pilot.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-06-15 08:26  

#3  Wheel well seating? I hope Delta doesn't see this article.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-06-15 07:54  

#2  Will the Air Force now be required to put wheel well cameras on it's planes?
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-06-15 07:33  

#1  
Posted by: Pholing Crererong6639   2022-06-15 01:03  

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