An image of a plane filled with Afghans in a last-ditch effort to flee the country was captured in a military aircraft.
Some 640 people were onboard the US Air Force C-17 aircraft, far more than its listed capacity.
Others who were not on the list tried to push themselves to the ramp and enter the aircraft.
In a Defense One report, it was said that the plane belongs to the 436th Air Wing, based at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Instead of trying to force those refugees off the aircraft, “the crew made the decision to go”.
“Approximately 640 Afghan civilians disembarked the aircraft when it arrived at its destination,” the defense official told Defense One.
