Afghanistan: National Footballer dies in fall from plane at Kabul airport
A young footballer of National team from Afghanistan dies in fall from plane.
On Thursday the Afghan news agency Ariana reported, "Zaki Anwari, an Afghan national team footballer, died in a fall from a US plane at Kabul airport on Monday."
Since Taliban group taken over the control of Afghanistan on Sunday, many people were seen trying to board a moving US plane.
Ariana said, "Zaki Anwari fell from a USAF Boeing C-17 and that the death had been confirmed by the General Directorate for Sport. He reportedly climbed onto a C-17 plane that was about to depart from Kabul."
In a viral video, Afghans were seen crowding the US Air Force jet as it took off from the runway. Some people managed to hang on to the wheels of the flight or sat on the wings, only to fall to their deaths from the sky.
US Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said, "Before the air crew could offload the cargo, the aircraft was surrounded by hundreds of Afghan civilians. Faced with a rapidly deteriorating security situation around the aircraft, the C-17 crew decided to depart the airfield as quickly as possible."
