«Faced with a rapidly deteriorating security situation…the C-17 crew decided to depart the airfield as quickly as possible,» the Air Force’s statement said.
The United States Air Force said Tuesday it will conduct an investigation after finding human remains in the wheel well of an Air Force craft that flew out of Kabul while being swarmed by people during a security breach. After the city of Kabul fell to the Taliban over the weekend, thousands of Afghans have been attempting to flee the country. More than one C-17 aircraft belonging to the U.S. military took off from Kabul airport on Monday. At least one of them was carrying 640 Afghan evacuees in the cargo hold, according to defense officials. The exact C-17 aircraft in question was involved in a security breach at the Hamid Karzai International Airport, according to a media statement from Ann Stefanek, chief of media operations for the Air Force.
