1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crash
Boeing 727-228 · Controlled flight into terrain of undetermined cause
From Sharjah International Airport (SHJ) to Kabul International Airport (KBL)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 45 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 45
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 727-228
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- YA-FAZ
- Operator
- Ariana Afghan Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 45
- Route
- From Sharjah International Airport (SHJ)To Kabul International Airport (KBL)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 19 March 1998, a Boeing 727 passenger jet operated by Ariana Afghan Airlines crashed on approach into Kabul, Afghanistan, killing all 45 people aboard. The flight may have been involved in smuggling and Islamist militants' operations, as Ariana was at that time controlled by the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regime.
Accident
The unscheduled flight departed the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to Kabul with a stopover in Kandahar, Afghanistan. While descending for Kabul International Airport, the flight struck the Shakh-e Barantay Mountain at an altitude of 2600 m at 13:00 local time. The crash killed all 10 crew members and 35 passengers. The weather at the time of the accident was bad, with poor visibility amid snow and rain.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crash
- Revision
- 1339300414 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q4593350
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crash" (page 27069891, revision 1339300414)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an airline in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.