ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-32 registration unknown Tashqurghan
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Date:Tuesday 27 April 1993
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN32 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-32
Operator:Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force - DRAAF
Registration: registration unknown
MSN:
First flight:
Engines: 2 Ivchenko AI-20
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 76 / Occupants: 76
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Tashqurghan (   Afghanistan)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB), Afghanistan
Destination airport:Mazar-I-Sharif Airport (MZR/OAMS), Afghanistan
Narrative:
Crashed in mountainous terrain in poor weather.

Sources:
» Flight International 6-12/4/94(35)
» NRC Handelsblad 30.4.1993
» Soviet Transports (1994)


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Distance from Kabul Airport to Mazar-I-Sharif Airport as the crow flies is 297 km (186 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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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Antonov An-32

  • 357 built
  • 22nd loss
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