Videos show desperation at Kabul airport as Afghans crowd planes, cling to jets to escape

After the Taliban took control of Kabul on Sunday, dozens of Afghans could be seen in video footage surrounding, climbing and trying to force themselves onto U.S. passenger jets as the aircraft took off from the capital’s airport.

Several videos showed a crowd of Afghans sprinting alongside a U.S. military jet in an apparent attempt to stop it from taking off from Kabul’s airport without them. Some climbed aboard, clinging to the outside as the aircraft gained speed on the tarmac.

Later, a number of videos emerged of a similar military aircraft during takeoff which showed an unidentified object appearing to fall from the aircraft.

NBC News was unable to confirm if the videos depicted the same aircraft.