Ariana Afghan Airlines - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

According to Aviation Safety Network, as of October 2012 Ariana Afghan Airlines wrote off 19 aircraft in 13 events, seven of them deadly ones that totalled 154 casualties. The following list includes occurrences that led to at least one fatality, wrote off the aircraft involved, or both.

Date Location Aircraft Tail number Aircraft damage Fatalities Description Refs
01959-11-022 November 1959 Greece Douglas C-47A YA-AAD W/O Unknown Unknown
01959-11-2121 November 1959 Beirut !Off Beirut DC-4 YA-BAG W/O 700124000000000000024/27 Crashed shortly after takeoff from Beirut International Airport, during initial climbout. The aircraft was due to operate the second leg of an international scheduled Frankfurt–Beirut–Tehran–Kandahar–Kabul passenger service as Flight 202.
01969-01-055 January 1969 London Boeing 727-100C YA-FAR W/O 700150000000000000050 Crashed on approach to London Gatwick Airport when attempting to land in dense fog as it descended below the glideslope. Forty-eight occupants of the aircraft lost their lives in the accident, plus two people on the ground. The aircraft was completing an international scheduled Kabul–Kandahar–Beirut–Istanbul–Frankfurt–London passenger service as Flight 701.
01969-01-1515 January 1969 Kabul Douglas C-47DL YA-BAD W/O Unknown Ground collision.
01988-12-1010 December 1988 Pakistan An-26 Unknown W/O 700125000000000000025/25 The aircraft was shot down by Pakistani fighters when it was flying a domestic Khost–Kabul passenger service.
01989-06-1818 June 1989 Zabol An-26 YA-BAK W/O 70006000000000000006/39 Crash-landed into a hill when attempting to land at Zabol Airport following the in-flight opening of the ramp door. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kabul–Zaranj passenger service.
01992-08-011 August 1992 Kabul Tu-154M YA-TAP W/O 50000000000000000000/0 Destroyed by a rocket while standing at Kabul Airport.
01992-08-2828 August 1992 Kabul An-26 YA-BAN W/O Unknown
01995-09-1111 September 1995 Jalalabad An-26B YA-BAO W/O 70003000000000000003/46 The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Kabul–Jalalabad passenger service when it apparently ran out of fuel, crashing on approach to Jalalabad Airport.
01997-10-2929 October 1997 Jalalabad Yak-40 YA-KAE W/O 70001000000000000001 Crashed on landing at Jalalabad Airport.
01998-03-1919 March 1998 Charasyab Boeing 727-200 YA-FAZ W/O 700145000000000000045/45 Crashed into mountaineous terrain, on approach to Kabul Airport, amid bad weather. It was completing the last leg of an international non-scheduled Sharjah–Kabul–Kandahar passenger service.
02001-10-01October 2001 Kabul An-12B YA-DAA W/O 50000000000000000000/0 Destroyed during a U.S. bombing raid.
An-12BK YA-DAB W/O 50000000000000000000/0
An-24 Unknown W/O 50000000000000000000/0
An-24B YA-DAH W/O 50000000000000000000/0
An-24RV YA-DAJ W/O 50000000000000000000/0
Boeing 727-100C YA-FAU W/O 50000000000000000000/0
Boeing 727-100C YA-FAW W/O 50000000000000000000/0
02007-03-2323 March 2007 Istanbul A300B4-200 YA-BAD W/O 50000000000000000000 Overran the runway on landing at Istanbul Atatürk Airport.

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