Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202
Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202 (YA-BAG) was a scheduled international civilian passenger flight from Lebanon to Afghanistan on 21 November 1959. It took off from Beirut and was destined for Kabul, with a stopover at Mehrabad in Iran and another stopover at Kandahar in Afghanistan. Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft, a Douglas DC-4, crashed into the side of a hill in Aramoun. The impact caused a fire to break out in the cabin, killing 24 of the flight's 27 total occupants on the scene. The three initial survivors were taken to a hospital in Beirut shortly after the crash, and two of them later succumbed to their injuries.
Aircraft, similar to the one involved in this incident, photographed while under operation by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in 1954. | |
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 November 1959 |
| Summary | Controlled/uncontrolled flight into terrain (CFIT/UFIT) |
| Site | Aramoun, Lebanon |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator | Ariana Afghan Airlines |
| Registration | YA-BAG |
| Flight origin | Beirut International Airport, Lebanon |
| 1st stopover | Mehrabad International Airport, Iran |
| 2nd stopover | Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan |
| Destination | Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan |
| Passengers | 22 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 26 (24 initially, 2 in hospital) |
| Survivors | 1 |
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