A number of stowaways appear to have fallen to a horrific death from an aircraft evacuating Kabul.
Footage showed countless people jumping aboard the outside of a US Air Force plane seemingly trying to take off from a runway in the Afghan capital.
Now new images and video footage seem to suggest that at least two people have fallen from the sky and hit the ground below.
It has not been confirmed whether the two incidents are linked or if the US Air Force craft was in fact landing when people jumped on to its side.
But an Apache helicopter was seen attempting to clear the runway – flooded with locals desperately trying to escape the carnage – for the American plane, which might suggest it was taking off.
It comes after desperate scenes on the civilian side of the airport, where at least five people are feared to have died in other efforts to flee the Taliban, who have taken over the country.
A news agency reported, Locals near Kabul airport claim that three young men who were holding themselves tightly in the wheels of an aeroplane fell on top of people’s houses.
‘One of the locals confirmed this and said that the fall of these people made a loud and terrifying noise.’
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