Passengers 35 Survivors 0 Date 19 March 1998 Fatalities 45 | Crew 10 Aircraft type Boeing 727-228 Operator Ariana Afghan Airlines Survivor 0 | |
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Summary Pilot error, controlled flight into terrain Site Sharki Baratayi Mountain Summaries Pilot error, Controlled flight into terrain Destinations Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan Similar 1998 MIAT Mongolian Airlines cr, 1998 Occidental Petroleu, Myanma Airways Flight 635, Olympic Airways Flight 417, PauknAir Flight 4101 | ||
The 1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines crash was a flight operated by an Ariana Boeing 727-200. The flight crashed on approach into Kabul killing all 45 aboard.
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Accident
The flight departed the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to Kabul on an unscheduled flight with a stop in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Whilst descending for Kabul International Airport, the flight struck the Sharki Baratayi Mountain at an altitude of 2,700 ft at 13:00 local time. The crash killed all 10 crew members and 35 passengers. The weather at the time of the accident was poor with snow and rain as well as poor visibility.
Aircraft
The flight was operated by a Boeing 727-228, registered YA-FAZ. The aircraft first flew on the 22 January 1981, meaning at the time of the accident, it was 17.2 years old.