Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Sunday 18 June 1989 |
Time: | 13:20 |
Type: | Antonov An-26 |
Operator: | Ariana Afghan Airlines |
Registration: | YA-BAK |
MSN: | 14104 |
First flight: | 1985 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 35 |
Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 39 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Zabol Airport (ACZ) ( Iran)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB), Afghanistan |
Destination airport: | Zaranj Airport (ZAJ/OAZJ), Afghanistan |
Narrative:The ramp door opened in flight. Some control was lost and a forced landing was carried out on a hill.
Some sources reported the aircraft had been hijacked.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/89 (#38)
»
Soviet Transports (1994)
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Map
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 Kabul Airport to Zaranj Airport as the crow flies is 776 km (485 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.