ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26 YA-BAM Kandahar

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Status:
Date:	Wednesday 4 September 1985
Type:	Antonov An-26
Operator:	Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
Registration:	YA-BAM
MSN:	14106
First flight:	1985
Crew:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 47
Total:	Fatalities: 52 / Occupants: 52
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	18 km (11.3 mls) W of Kandahar ( Afghanistan)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Kandahar Airport (KDH/OAKN), Afghanistan
Destination airport:	Farah Airport (FAH/OAFR), Afghanistan

Narrative:
Shot down with a ground-to-air missile. The aircraft was flying at 3800 feet msl.

Sources:

» Aviation Letter 243
» Lloyds List
» Soviet Transports (1994)

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Distance from Kandahar Airport to Farah Airport as the crow flies is 357 km (223 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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-26

1403 built
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