Airplane Crash - Near Shach Goan, Afghanistan 03/10/1983
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Shach Goan, Afghanistan
Date | 03/10/1983 |
Location | Near Shach Goan, Afghanistan |
Operator | Bakhtar Afghan Airlines |
Type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Registration | YA-GAZ |
Cn/In | 395 |
Aboard | 19 |
Fatalities | 19 |
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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