Kandahar – Lashkar Gah

On April 24, 2006 at 11:45 AM, Kandahar – Lashkar Gah experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-32, operated by Air Million Cargo, with the event recorded near Lashkar Gah Helmand.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 11 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 31.3%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 3.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was dispatched in Afghanistan on behalf of the US Department of State, carrying members of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Following an uneventful flight from Kandahar, the crew landed at Lashkar Gah Airport. After touchdown, a truck crossed the active runway so the pilot-in-command initiated a turn to avoid the collision. Doing so, the aircraft veered off runway and collided with nearby houses. Both pilots as well as three people on the ground were killed. All other occupants were injured, some seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration ZS-PDV, MSN 30 03, year of manufacture 1992.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 31.5831°, 64.3601°.