- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 19, 1998
Time: 1400
Location: Near Charasyab, Afghanistan
Operator: Ariana Afghan Airlines
Flight #: ?
Route: Dubai - Kandahar - Kabul
AC Type: Boeing B-727-228
Registration: YA-FAZ
cn / ln: 22288/1712
Aboard: 45   (passengers:32  crew:13)
Fatalities: 45   (passengers:32  crew:13)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane was descending for a landing at Kabul on visual when it struck 3,000 ft. Sharhi Baranta Mountain, 300 feet below the summit in dense fog and rain.
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