ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321307
| Date: | Monday 17 May 2010 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24V |
| Owner/operator: | Pamir Airways |
| Registration: | YA-PIS |
| MSN: | 27307903 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salang Pass -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kunduz Airport (UND/OAUZ) |
| Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Antonov An-24 passenger plane, operated by Pamir Airways, crashed in a mountain pass in Afghanistan. The airplane, had left Kunduz Airport (UND/OAUZ) on a domestic passenger flight PM1102 to Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB). There were six crew members and 38 passengers on board, according to a government spokesman. Heavy fog was reported in the area.
Aircrews from the Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) and ISAF located the wreckage May 19. The site is located at approximately 13,500 feet (4,100 m) in Shakar Darah district, Kabul Province. The wreckage was scattered over the mountainside.
According to Al Jazeera the airline bought the plane 3 months ago from Bulgaria. Soviet Transports Fleet data indicate that YA-PIS was recently acquired by Pamir after a period of storage in Bulgaria.
An inquest was held at Bradford Crown Court, U.K. because three British men were on the plane. During the inquest it was reported that an early ground proximity warning system was misunderstood by the crew, either due to language problems or because of previous false alerts. Also, the Kabul air traffic controller asked the crew to maintain their current altitude but the plane began its descent in bad weather into a mountainous area about 12 miles from Kabul.
Sources:
Al Jazeera
BBC
Pamir Airways statement
Afghan Army and ISAF Planning Recovery Operations (NATO 20-5-2010)
The Yorkshire Post, 24-6-2015
Location
Images:
photo (c) Dimitar Nozharov; Salang Pass; 19 May 2010
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM); January 2005
photo (c) Ferenc HAMORI, via Miklos SZABO; Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP); 26 September 2006
photo (c) Václav Kudela; Ostrava-Mošnov International Airport (OSR/LKMT); 30 August 2005
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