{"id":1515158,"date":"2022-06-14T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515158"},"modified":"2022-06-14T10:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T14:34:17","slug":"crew-of-us-plane-that-took-off-as-afghans-clung-to-its-wings-cleared-of-wrongdoing-military-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crew-of-us-plane-that-took-off-as-afghans-clung-to-its-wings-cleared-of-wrongdoing-military-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew Of US Plane That Took Off As Afghans Clung To Its Wings Cleared Of Wrongdoing, Military Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrew-of-us-plane-that-took-off-as-afghans-clung-to-its-wings-cleared-of-wrongdoing-military-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>The crew of the cargo plane that was seen in video footage taking off as people clung to its wings in Kabul, Afghanistan, has been cleared of wrongdoing by the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/16\/kabul-airport-taliban-afghanistan\/\">incident<\/a> was captured on video amid the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on Aug. 16, 2021. In it, a U.S. military C-17 cargo plane was seen taking off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport as desperate Afghans chased it down, clung to its wings and \u2013 as crew members would soon discover \u2013 crawled inside the wheel well of the plane amid takeoff. Soon after, video showed some individuals falling to their deaths from the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Human remains were found inside the plane\u2019s wheel well, the Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/17\/air-force-human-remains-aircraft-kabul\/\">noted<\/a> shortly after the plane landed. It\u2019s unclear how many people died from trying to stow themselves away in the wheel well, and the number of deaths from the overall incident also remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scenes of absolute desperation in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kabul?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kabul<\/a> airport today: Afghan civilians chase &#038; cling to US C-17 plane in last attempt to flee Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>At least one body fell from aircraft wing, after a stampede by runway. Very dark moment for country: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PrNqsHo0Wc\">pic.twitter.com\/PrNqsHo0Wc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joyce_Karam\/status\/1427215225661579264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said Monday that the crew aboard the C-17 cargo plane were \u201cin compliance with applicable rules of engagement,\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/13\/us\/politics\/military-clears-crew-afghan-evacuation.html?smid=tw-nytimes&#038;smtyp=cur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. She also noted that they \u201cacted appropriately and exercised sound judgment in their decision to get airborne as quickly as possible when faced with an unprecedented and rapidly deteriorating security situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a tragic event and our hearts go out to the families of the deceased,\u201d Stefanek said according to The Times.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden has been widely <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/30\/last-us-flight-leaves-kabul-afghanistan-pentagon\/\">criticized<\/a> for the withdrawal in Afghanistan, which also saw 13 U.S. service members killed during a bombing at the airport. The attack was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/isis-kabul-airport-attack-afghanistan-taliban-pentagon\/\">carried out<\/a> by ISIS. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/17\/former-obama-officials-criticize-joe-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Former Obama Officials Line Up To Criticize Joe Biden Over Afghanistan Withdrawal)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crew of the cargo plane that was seen in video footage taking off as people clung to its wings in Kabul, Afghanistan, has been cleared of wrongdoing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1515158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1515158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1515158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}