1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown
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 meters and 18.5 km west of Kandahar when it was shot down and destroyed by a surface-to-air missile (SAM). All five crew and 47 passengers were killed.
An An-26B similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Incident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 September 1985 |
| Summary | Shot down while en route |
| Site | Afghanistan |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-26 |
| Operator | Bakhtar Afghan Airlines |
| Registration | YA-BAM |
| Flight origin | Kandahar Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
| Destination | Farah Airport, Farah, Afghanistan |
| Passengers | 47 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 52 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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