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| Date: | Thursday 21 August 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-32 |
| Owner/operator: | United Front Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bamyan Airport (BIN) -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mazar-I-Sharif Airport (MZR/OAMS) |
| Bamyan Airport (BIN/OABN) |
The Antonov overshot the runway and crashed. A number of Afghan opposition (anti-Taliban) leaders were killed.
Sources:
CNN
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