Ariana Afghan Airlines

Boeing 737-400

Upon touchdown at Kabul Airport runway 29, the right main gear collapsed, causing the right engine nacelle to struck the runway surface. The aircraft slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. All occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Boeing 737-400

Following an uneventful flight from New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport, the crew was cleared for an ILS approach to Kabul Airport Runway 29. On short final, the aircraft entered an area of heavy rain falls. The crew continued the approach and the aircraft landed after the touchdown zone. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the aircraft overran, lost its undercarriage, collided with the ILS antenna and slid for 285 metres before coming to rest. All 132 occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Airbus A300

After landing on runway 24 at Istanbul-Atatürk Airport, the aircraft was unable to stop on a wet runway, overran and came to rest 30 metres further. All 50 occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was later declared as damaged beyond repair. At the time of the accident, the runway surface was wet due to rain falls.

Boeing 727-200

The aircraft was completing a charter flight from Sharjah to Kabul with an intermediate stop in Kandahar, carrying 35 passengers and 10 crew members. While descending to Kabul-Khwaja Rawash Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and failed to realize his altitude was insufficient. The aircraft struck the slope of Mt Shakh-e Barantay (2,714 metres high) located about 15 km south of the airport. The wreckage was found less than 100 metres below the summit. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 45 occupants were killed.

Yakovlev Yak-40

Crashed on landing in unknown circumstances. A crew member and a passenger were killed.

Antonov AN-26

On final approach to Jalalabad, both engines failed simultaneously. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a field located few km short of runway 13. Three passengers were killed.

Yakovlev Yak-40

Crashed in unknown circumstances while landing at Qala-e-Naw Airport. All 20 occupants were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Antonov AN-26

En route from Kabul to Zaranj, an Iranian security officer entered the cockpit and instructed the crew to divert to Zabol, Iran. On approach, the captain was shot down and the copilot, panicked, attempted an emergency landing in a hilly terrain located few km from Zabol. Five passengers were killed in the accident.

Antonov AN-26

About 30 seconds after takeoff from Khost Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft was hit by a surface-to-air missile. Out of control, it dove into the ground and crashed, bursting into flames. Two passengers were seriously injured while 53 other occupants were killed.

Antonov AN-26

After takeoff from Kandahar Airport, while climbing to an altitude of 3,800 feet, the aircraft was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. Out of control, it crashed 18 km west of Kandahar Airport and was destroyed. None of the 52 occupants survived the crash.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Two Ariana Afghan Airlines aircraft collided in unknown circumstances at Kabul Airport. A C-47 registered YA-AAB was damaged beyond repair while a DC-6 registered YA-DAN was repaired. There were no injuries.

Boeing 727-100

The accident occurred on a scheduled passenger flight from Frankfurt when the aircraft was making an ILS approach for a night landing on Runway 27 at Gatwick Airport. The weather was clear except that freezing fog persisted in places including the Gatwick area. The runway visual range (RVR) at Gatwick was 100 metres. The approach was commenced with the autopilot coupled to the instrument landing system (ILS) but after the glide-slope had been captured the commander who was at the controls, disconnected the autopilot because the "stabiliser out of trim" warning light illuminated. At the outer marker the flap setting was changed from 1° to 30° and shortly afterwards the rate of descent increased and the aircraft descended below the glide-slope. Some 200 feet from the ground the pilot realised that the aircraft was too low and initiated a missed approach procedure. The aircraft began to respond but the descent was not arrested in time to avoid a collision with trees and a house that destroyed both the aircraft and the house and set the wreckage on fire. 48 occupants as well as two people in the house were killed. 14 others were injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.

Douglas DC-3

Crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area located in the Logar Province. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown. The airplane crashed sometime in the year 1963.

Douglas DC-4

The aircraft was performing a flight from London to Kabul with several intermediate stops. The stopover at Beirut was longer than expected because few technical issues were noted after the airplane landed from Frankfurt. The departure from Beirut was postponed for 20 hours. Two minutes after departure from runway 18, while climbing, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Aramoun located about 5 km south of the airfield and burst into flames. Three passengers were seriously injured while all 24 other occupants were killed.