Pilot from Serbia for TV Prva re: the chaos in Kabul: We took off without permission

As he pointed out, he was in the operational center of the company where he worked, and around 11, 12 o'clock, they received information that the Taliban entered Kabul on August 15 without firing a bullet.
"I witnessed the moment when the crowd rushed to the civilian part of Kabul airport. It was indescribable, it should be seen, as when people leave the stadium. It was an attempt by people to save themselves and get on a plane. In despair and panicked, they sought a way out of Kabul", Rajhl told TV Prva.
Reichl managed to transport a certain number of passengers from Afghanistan by plane, and he said that they were actually supposed to leave the country the next day, on August 16, in the evening.
"That changed in a flash, plans changed. We flew from Kabul to Tbilisi at around 8.30 pm where we refueled and flew to Kiev, which was actually the plan before. At around 2 pm, Turkish troops took control of the airspace above Kabul and Flight control. Communication was only possible among NATO members. We as a civilian plane tried to get in touch with them, but we did not have any approval until the final three minutes when the engines started and the takeoff itself," the pilot described to TV Prva.
He explained that on the day they took off, there were no checks when entering the airport.
"They only closed the main entrance to the airport at one point, it was closed for 3, 4 hours. A mass of people on the other side (jumped over) the walls, 10, 15 meters high. A mass of people were trying to enter, because the Taliban were already armed headed for the airport. Everyone was afraid that something would happen to them. They jumped the barbed wire, they managed to do it somehow. Then I was on the main platform, we were lucky to be parked on...