Human remains on the wheel of an American plane that took off from Kabul Airport

The US military announced that it had found "human remains" in the landing gear of a military transport plane that hundreds of terrified Afghans tried to cling to as it took off from Kabul airport on Monday.

The US Air Force said in a statement that it would review all videos circulating on social media of the C-17 military transport plane, which was chased by hundreds of people as it took off from the runway of Kabul Airport, some of whom tried in a frantic way to grab onto its sides or wheels.

The statement quoted Air Force spokeswoman Anne Stefanik as saying that in addition to videos uploaded to social media and press reports that people fell from the plane shortly after take-off, human remains were found in the plane's landing kit when it landed at Al Udeid base. air in Qatar.

The spokeswoman stressed that the army decided to open an investigation into the "tragic accident", according to the French news agency.

"The investigation will be thorough to allow us to get all the facts about this tragic incident," she added. 

The spokeswoman did not announce any death toll from the accident, nor did she confirm the information that a person was crushed under the wheels of the plane during takeoff.

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