Posted on 08/16/2021 11:05:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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 U.S. resumed operations out of the airport late Monday, allowing C-17s carrying Marines and soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to land in the country, according to Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor, the Joint Staff’s deputy director for regional operations and force management.
Earlier in the day, U.S. forces responded to “hostile threats” after gunfire broke out in two separate incidents, resulting in the deaths of two gunmen, Kirby confirmed. One U.S. service member was injured during the incident, he said, but could not confirm the individual’s status late Monday.
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Seems to be one in both DC and Langley as well
There are no soldiers, Biden made them leave in the middle of the night a week ago.
Not sure which, but units of 82nd Airborne are there now.
This load of people is only about 100,000 lbs, distributed evenly through the cargo deck.
The big risk is if they reach out and grab something they should not.
7 deaths it sounds like, during Biden’s planned exit. And that doesn’t count what else is going on in that country, probably hundreds more.
Please share that if you can find it. The optics of something like that are devastating.
The passengers of the American evacuation C-17A Globemaster III shoot eerie footage of one of the Afghans hooked on the fuselage of their plane in an attempt to escape from the Taliban.
He is most likely already dead.#Kabul #kabulairport #Afghanistan #America #Afganistan pic.twitter.com/4iFgSOiRFd— INA DEFENCE NEWS (@InaDefence) August 17, 2021
Agreed...devastating optics...the reason you rarely see the collapse of the World Trade Center on television any more.
That’s my thought as well. These people are experiencing terrible fear and anguish. My heart goes out to them.
I need to rest up on why Bagram was closed. Probably in the terms of the agreement?
Wow.. It is amazing what technology can capture for us. We’ve got a front row seat to things we’ve never imagined.
Thanks for replying and sharing.
He’s doing the Biden Boogie.
Not sure you can pressure wash either, lot of electrical/electronics under the floor.
Most of it would act as a lubricant, but those pesky bones and sinew.
Please fasten your seatbelts.
Meals and beverages will NOT be served on this flight.
Ignore the emergency exits because if there is an emergency, you won’t get out anyway.
Sorry, there are no prayer rugs available on this flight.
Sorry, only the crew have parachutes.
And Americans complain that on airliners they don’t get enough room!
I think it’s just the Biden Corollary to Murphy’s Law: Every bad decision that can be made, will be made.
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