New satellite images from commercial provider Maxar Technologies show crowds gathering at the airport at 10:36 a.m. local time on Aug. 16. According to the company, one image shows a Turkish airliner preparing to takeoff while security forces attempt to hold back crowds from the active tarmac, preventing them from blocking flight operations. Other images show traffic jams as people flee to the airport, as well as huge crowds gathered on and around the tarmac.<\/p>\n Imagery company Planet also released two satellite images of the scene in Kabul taken 45 minutes apart, which show crowds arriving at the airport.<\/p>\n The Pentagon acknowledged Monday afternoon that flights out of Kabul had been grounded, as the military worked to clear people from the airstrip.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve certainly seen all the dramatic video coming from the airport today and we obviously don\u2019t want anyone else to get hurt,\u201d\u00a0Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters<\/a>. \u201cSo we\u2019re going to work methodically in coming hours to restore a safe and secure environment so that air operations can resume.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/T66RUXAYZNHT7IHPK5RMJLQGLA.jpg\")