| Date: | Wednesday 4 September 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Bakhtar Afghan Airlines |
| Registration: | YA-BAM |
| MSN: | 14106 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 52 / Occupants: 52 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | 18 km W of Kandahar -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kandahar Airport (KDH/OAKN) |
| Farah Airport (FAH/OAFR) |
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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