Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JUN 1989 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: | Antonov 26 |
| Operator: | Ariana Afghan Airlines |
| Registration: | YA-BAK |
| C/n / msn: | 14104 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 35 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 39 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Zabol Airport (ACZ) (Iran)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB), Afghanistan |
| Zaranj Airport (ZAJ/OAZJ), Afghanistan |
The ramp door opened in flight. Some control was lost and a forced landing was carried out on a hill.
Some sources reported the aircraft had been hijacked.
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/89 (#38)
» Soviet Transports (1994)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kabul Airport to Zaranj Airport as the crow flies is 776 km (485 miles).
Distance from Kabul Airport to Zaranj Airport as the crow flies is 776 km (485 miles).
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.
