Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 JUN 1988 |
| Type: | ? |
| Operator: | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force (DRAAF) |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Khost (Afghanistan) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Khost Airport (KHT/OAKS), Afghanistan |
An Afghan military transport plane bound for a besieged garrison of government troops at Khost was reportedly shot down by mujahedin guerillas.
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 261
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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