Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 JUN 1987 |
| Type: | Antonov 26 |
| Operator: | Bakhtar Alwatana |
| Registration: | YA-BAL |
| C/n / msn: | 14105 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 55 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Khost (Afghanistan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kandahar Airport (KDH/OAKN), Afghanistan |
| Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport (KBL/OAKB), Afghanistan |
Shot down by a rebel missile. Rebels claimed they brought down a military Ilyushin 14.
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 250
» Flight International 30.01.1988 (36)
» Soviet Transports (1994)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kandahar Airport to Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport as the crow flies is 460 km (287 miles).
Distance from Kandahar Airport to Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport as the crow flies is 460 km (287 miles).
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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