1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown

Aircraft crash near Kandahar, Afghanistan April 2024 March 2025 1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown Incident Antonov An-26B, Air Armenia AN1988305.jpg An An-26B similar to the accident aircraft 4 September 1985 Shot down while en route Afghanistan Antonov An-26 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines YA-BAM Kandahar Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan Farah Airport, Farah, Afghanistan 47 5 52 0 1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown was on 4 September 1985 when a Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 (registered in Afghanistan as YA-BAM) on a scheduled internal flight from Kandahar to Farah was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.World airline accident summary : accidents occurring to aeroplanes of more than 5700 kg maximum weight. 1974–1996 Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom) 1996 0-903083-44-2 The aircraft had departed from Kandahar Airport and had circled twice close to the airport to gain height and then set course for Farah Airport, it was at a height of 3800 meters and 18.5 km west of Kandahar when it was shot down and destroyed by a surface-to-air missile (SAM) fired from Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin.Man-Portable Air-Defense Systems: A Persistent and Potent Threat https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/man-portable-air-defense-systems-persistent-and-potent-threat 10 May 2025 Stratfor 1 February 2010 25 subscription All five crew and 47 passengers were killed. Aircraft The aircraft was an Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop airliner that had been built in the Soviet Union. See also 1987 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown References Category:1985 mass murders Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Antonov An-26 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Afghanistan Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1985 Category:Airliner shootdown incidents Category:1985 in Afghanistan Category:20th-century aircraft shootdown incidents Category:September 1985 in Asia Category:1985 crimes in Afghanistan Category:1980s murders in Afghanistan Category:1985 murders in Asia Category:1985 disasters in Afghanistan Category:War crimes in the Soviet–Afghan War Category:Afghan war crimes