DThe first Bundeswehr aircraft began its evacuation mission in Afghanistan under difficult conditions at Kabul Airport. After several hours of delay and waiting in the air, the A400M landed there on Tuesday night. The machine lowered the paratroopers who were supposed to ensure rescue operations, took people on the plane and quickly restarted.
The Ministry of National Defense said on Twitter: “With these protected machines, this machine is now on its way to Tashkent/Uzbekistan.” According to information from the government picture (online), they can no longer be subjected to a night curfew. Take it to the airport, so there are only seven people from the official excursion list on the return flight.
The A400M machine had hovered over the airport for 5 hours before, and was temporarily closed due to chaos on the tarmac. dpa learned in the safety circle that gasoline will not last long.The other transport machine used to have Armed forces Cancel the approach to Kabul and fly to Tashkent to refuel.
The purpose of the two planes is to bring German citizens and local Afghan staff who were or still working for the Bundeswehr or federal ministries to Uzbekistan. From there the Tashkent hub, charter flights will continue to Germany. Two A400Ms departed from Winstorf, Lower Saxony in the morning, flew to Kabul, and landed in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Apparently there are more than 600 people on the U.S. plane
At the same time, it was reported that a U.S. Air Force aircraft took approximately 640 Afghan civilians to safety in a single flight. The “Defense One” website posted a picture of the crowded inside of a C-17 transport plane on Monday, with Afghans sitting on the floor-no one can see it.
The National Defense No. 1 report stated that panicked Afghans climbed onto the plane from a semi-open ramp in Kabul. The crew decided to fly instead of forcing people to disembark. According to news from the security community, after landing in Qatar, 640 civilians got off the plane. According to manufacturer Boeing, this huge cargo plane can actually accommodate up to 134 passengers.
The US Department of Defense did not initially confirm the report.After the radical Islamic Taliban occupied Kabul There was a dramatic scene at the airport on Monday. Desperate people tried to board the plane. They ran up the tarmac, climbed the turntable ladder and boarded the plane. As a result, air traffic was temporarily interrupted.
The paratroopers of the rapid force division that was dismissed by the Bundeswehr in Kabul should now help American soldiers restore order at the airport and enable the evacuation to proceed safely.
A third German A400M equipped with medical transport equipment and an Airbus A310 MRTT also flew from Wenstorf to Tashkent on Monday.
