Date:	Thursday 19 March 1998
Time:	13:00
Type:	Boeing 727-228
Owner/operator:	Ariana Afghan Airlines
Registration:	YA-FAZ
MSN:	22288/1712
Year of manufacture:	1981
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	15 km S of Kabul Airport (KBL) -   Afghanistan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Kandahar Airport (KDH/OAKN)
Destination airport:	Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB)

Narrative:
The Boeing 727 passenger jet operated on a flight from Sharjah, U.A.E. to Kabul, Afghanistan via Kandahar. The plane was descending for Kabul when it struck Shakh-e Barantay Mountain, 300 feet below the summit. The weather was poor with rain and snow.
Shakh-e Barantay is a 8,696 ft (2,651 m) high mountain peak. Kabul airfield elevation is about 5,877 ft (1,791 m).

Flight International 13-19 January 1999
Tommy Maurer

photo (c) Dirk Hammerschmidt, via Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); February 1998

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