Sharjah - Kandahar - Kabul

On March 19, 1998 at 01:00 PM, Sharjah - Kandahar - Kabul experienced a crash involving Boeing 727-200, operated by Ariana Afghan Airlines, with the event recorded near Kabul Kabul.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

45 people were known to be on board, 45 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 35, passenger fatalities: 35, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration YA-FAZ, MSN 22288, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.4619°, 69.1197°.