Date 4 September 1985 Passengers 47 Fatalities 52 (all) | Site Afghanistan Crew 5 | |
 | ||
Summary Shot down while en route | ||
1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown was on 4 September 1985 when a Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 (registered in Afghanistan as YA-BAM) on a scheduled internal flight from Kandahar to Farah was shot down by a ground-to-air missile. The aircraft had departed from Kandahar Airport and had circled twice close to the airport to gain height and then set course for Farah Airport, it was at a height of 3800 metres and 18.5 km west of Khandahar when it was shot down and destroyed by a ground-to-air missile. All five crew and 47 passengers were killed.
Aircraft
The aircraft was an Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop airliner that had been built in the Soviet Union.
References
1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA