Air Force Heroics in Kabul Crowded Flight
Chances are you’ve been on a crowded flight. No space in the overhead bin… crying babies. Bathroom lines.
Friends …these are first world problems.
Because the world has just seen what a crowded flight really looks like. There’s a picture making the rounds of the interior of a giant C-17 cargo jet taking off from Kabul on Sunday.
You look at this picture and you can’t believe it. The cargo hold is teeming with humanity. Hundreds and hundreds of Afghan refugees crammed into this airborne warehouse… sitting on the floor. No seats.. No seat belts.
Now you get on a crowded flight… there might be 200 people on board. Every seat’s full. But t his flight? We only have a recording from the other side of the military radio transmission. Listen…
No ticketholders. these desperate Afghans saw an open cargo ramp and they all ran in.----Instead of removing them… the crew decided to get them out.——Afghans——Bless that crew for making the decision.
The flight took off without incident… and lande safely in Doha 3 hours later… 640 souls filed out with nothing but the shirts on their back … and a future as refugees. But safe… from the Taliban thanks to the brave efforts of an Air Force flight crew.
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