Defence Department Flew Half-Empty Mercy Flights From Kabul, in Part to Save Fuel

Defence Department Flew Half-Empty Mercy Flights From Kabul, in Part to Save Fuel
Taliban extremists stand guard at the site of an explosion near the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 1, 2023. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo
Amanda Brown
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According to flight logs, the Department of National Defence conducted several half-empty mercy flights from Kabul for several days during the period approaching the city’s fall to the Taliban, resulting in thousands of Canadians and their Afghan allies being stranded in the country.

The department explained in a recent memo that the flights had empty seats partly in order to conserve fuel, reports Blacklock’s Reporter.