Eleven people have been killed in a crash of a US military transport
aircraft at an airport in eastern Afghanistan, a US military spokesman
has said.
Aljazeera has more:
The crew of six US military service members were among
the dead, along with another five passengers, civilians who were
contracted employees of the US-led international force, the spokesman
said.
The incident took place at around midnight [19:30 GMT] on Thursday at
Jalalabad airport. The army spokesman said that there were no reports
of enemy fire at the time and the incident was under investigation,
however, the Taliban claimed it had shot down the aircraft. The
contractors had been working for “Resolute Support,” the NATO-led
training mission.
The C-130 Hercules, a cargo plane built by Lockheed Martin, is
powered by four turboprop engines and is used extensively by the
military to ship troops and heavy gear. The aircraft can take off and
land on rough, dirt strips and is widely used by the US military in
hostile areas. Jalalabad is located near the border with Pakistan.
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