- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 10, 1983 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Near Shach Goan, Afghanistan |
Operator: | Bakhtar Afghan Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Uruzgan-Kaboul |
AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Registration: | YA-GAZ |
cn / ln: | 395 |
Aboard: | 19 (passengers:17 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 19 (passengers:17 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Pilot decided to climb and continue to fly VFR in deteriorating weather. The plane crashed in an area of rain, turbulence and thunderstorms. Continued VFR flight in poor weather and a physical impairment due to lack of oxygen when flying at high altitude. |
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