Transport crew made right decision to leave Kabul airport amid chaotic withdrawal, Air Force says

U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation. | U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images

The U.S. Air Force has determined that the crew of a C-17 military transport plane made the right call to take off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, last August despite desperate civilians rushing the tarmac.

After the plane landed at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, human remains were discovered in the wheel well of the aircraft.

In a statement on Monday, Air Force spokesperson

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