that flight has landed here wit an estimated 113 passengers including a handful of american citizens who have safely made i out at afghanistan. thank you. let s bring in senior strategic analyst general jack keane fred let s talk about the flights that are still on the ground because the u.s. state department is telling private evacuation efforts that those planes cannot land at u.s. military base cannot land in th united states after finds mothe country. what is the problem with allowing a few hundred more to, and once they get here and by doing that, allow the americans or all those flights to come ou as well. it makes nose and.
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and get that victim evacuated and to medical attention within an hour. reporter: the idea for a vehicle that can go where helicopters can t was borne out of the 2006 israel hezbollah war, where it took on average 5 1/2 hours to evacuate wounded israeli soldiers. ground-to-air fire, because of the physical limitations of the helicopter s rotor, it cannot land in a mountainous or obstacle-rich area. reporter: it s designed and tested in israel. with keen interest and support from the israeli military. but the long-term plan is production to move to the united states, and for both pilotless and piloted models to be available, for both military and civilian emergencies. disaster response, nuclear, biological, chemical, decontamination, a dirty bomb in a city, rescuing people and so on, this aircraft can do all of that because it doesn t have the
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technology that is transforming flight. it is real, it is flying. and we are going to have it here in the united states in the next few years. this is it, the flying vehicle that cannot only save american lives on battlefields a world away but also on highways right here at home. the concept of the golden hour. in order to maximize survivability in an accident, you need to get to that victim and get that victim evacuated and to medical attention within an hour. the idea for a vehicle that can go where helicopters can t was born out of the 2006 israel/hezbollah war. it took 5 1/2 hours to evacuate israeli soldiers. ground the air fire and because of the physical limitations of the helicopters s rotor it cannot land in an obstacle rich area. it is being tested in israel
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