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==Accidents and incidents== According to ''[[Aviation Safety Network]]'', {{as of|2012|10|lc=y}} Ariana Afghan Airlines has [[written off]] 19 aircraft involved in 13 events, seven of them being deadly. Casualties totaled 154 deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=datekey_desc&kind=%&cat=%&page=1&field=Operatorkey&var=6464|title= Ariana Afghan Airlines accident record|publisher= Aviation Safety Network|access-date= 22 October 2012|archive-date= 2 November 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121102091847/http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=datekey_desc&kind=%&cat=%&page=1&field=Operatorkey&var=6464|url-status= live}}</ref> The following list includes occurrences that led to at least one fatality, resulted in a write-off of the aircraft involved, or both. {|class="wikitable sortable toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:85%" |- !Date !style= "width="20px"|Location !Aircraft !Tail number !Aircraft damage !Fatalities !class="unsortable"|Description !class="unsortable"|Refs |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1959|11|2}} |{{flag|Greece|old}} |align=center|{{nowrap|[[Douglas C-47A]]}} |align=center|YA-AAD |align=center|[[Written off|W/O]] |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-AAD|id= 19591102-0|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1959|11|21}} |{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|LBN}} {{sort|Beirut|Off [[Beirut]]}}}} |align=center|[[Douglas DC-4|DC-4]] |align=center|YA-BAG |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|24}}/27 |Crashed shortly after [[takeoff]] from [[Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport|Beirut International Airport]], during initial climbout. The aircraft was due to operate the second leg of an international scheduled [[Frankfurt]]–Beirut–[[Tehran]]–[[Kandahar]]–[[Kabul]] passenger service as '''[[Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202|Flight 202]]'''. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-BAG|id= 19591121-0|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|1|5}} |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[London]] |align=center|[[Boeing 727-100C]] |align=center|YA-FAR |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|50}} |Crashed on approach to [[London Gatwick Airport]] when attempting to land in dense fog as it descended below the [[glideslope]]. Forty-eight people were killed on the plane, as well as two on the ground. The aircraft was completing an international scheduled Kabul–Kandahar–Beirut–[[Istanbul]]–Frankfurt–London passenger service as '''[[Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701|Flight 701]]'''. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-FAR|id= 19690105-0|accessdate= 3 October 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1969|1|15}} |{{flagicon|AFG|1930}} Kabul |align=center|{{nowrap|[[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47DL]]}} |align=center|YA-BAD |align=center|W/O |{{unknown}} |Ground collision. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-AAB|id= 19690115-0|accessdate= 10 October 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1988|12|10}} |{{PAK}} |align=center|[[Antonov An-26|An-26]] |{{unknown}} |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|25}}/25 |The aircraft was shot down by [[Pakistan]]i fighters when it was flying a domestic [[Khost]]–Kabul passenger service. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19881210-0|accessdate= 28 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1989|6|18}} |{{flagicon|IRI}} [[Zabol]] |align=center|An-26 |align=center|YA-BAK |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|6}}/39 |[[Crash landing|Crashed]] into a hill when attempting to land at [[Zabol Airport]] following an in-flight opening of the ramp door. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kabul–[[Zaranj]] passenger service. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-BAK|id= 19890618-0|accessdate= 28 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1992|8|1}} |{{flagicon|Islamic State of Afghanistan|1992}} Kabul |align=center|[[Tupolev Tu-154M|Tu-154M]] |align=center|YA-TAP |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}}/0 |rowspan="2"|Destroyed by a rocket while sitting at Kabul Airport. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-TAP|id= 19920801-0|accessdate= 28 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1992|8|28}} |{{flagicon|Islamic State of Afghanistan|1992}} Kabul |align=center|An-26 |align=center|YA-BAN |align=center|W/O |{{unknown}} |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-BAN|id= 19920828-1|accessdate= 27 September 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|9|11}} |{{flagicon|Islamic State of Afghanistan}} [[Jalalabad]] |align=center|{{nowrap|[[Antonov An-26B|An-26B]]}} |align=center|YA-BAO |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|3}}/46 |The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Kabul–Jalalabad passenger service when it apparently [[Fuel exhaustion|ran out of fuel]], crashing on approach to [[Jalalabad Airport]]. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-KAE|id= 19950911-0|accessdate= 27 September 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1997|10|29}} |{{Flagdeco|AFG|Taliban}} Jalalabad |align=center|{{nowrap|[[Yakovlev Yak-40|Yak-40]]}} |align=center|YA-KAE |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|1}} |Crashed on landing at Jalalabad Airport. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-KAE|id= 19971029-0|accessdate= 27 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|3|19}} |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|AFG|Taliban}} [[Char Asiab|Charasyab]]}} |align=center|{{nowrap|[[Boeing 727-200]]}} |align=center|YA-FAZ |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|45}}/45 |'''[[1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crash|Crashed]]''' in bad weather into mountainous terrain on approach to [[Kabul Airport]]. It was completing the last leg of an international non-scheduled [[Sharjah]]–Kabul–[[Kandahar]] passenger service. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-FAZ|id= 19980319-0|accessdate= 27 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ariana Afghan crash |agency=[[Flight International]] |work=[[Flightglobal]] |date=1 April 1998 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ariana-afghan-crash-34911/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811005910/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ariana-afghan-crash-34911/ |archive-date=11 August 2014 }} </ref> |- |rowspan="7" align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|2001|10}} |rowspan="7"|{{Flagicon|AFG|Taliban}} Kabul |align=center|[[Antonov An-12B|An-12B]] |align=center|YA-DAA |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}}/0 |rowspan="7"|Destroyed during a U.S. bombing raid. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-DAA|id= 20011099-3|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|[[Antonov An-12BK|An-12BK]] |align=center|YA-DAB |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}}/0 |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-DAB|id= 20011099-2|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|[[Antonov An-24|An-24]] |{{unknown}} |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}}/0 |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 20011099-6|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|[[Antonov An-24B|An-24B]] |align=center|YA-DAH |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}}/0 |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-DAH|id= 20011099-4|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|[[Antonov An-24RV|An-24RV]] |align=center|YA-DAJ |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}}/0 |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-DAJ|id= 20011099-5|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{nowrap|Boeing 727-100C}} |align=center|YA-FAU |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}}/0 |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-FAU|id= 20011099-0|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|Boeing 727-100C |align=center|YA-FAW |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}}/0 |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-FAW|id= 20011099-1|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|3|23}} |{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul |align=center|{{nowrap|[[Airbus A300B4-200|A300B4-200]]}} |align=center|YA-BAD |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}} |Overran the runway on landing at [[Istanbul Atatürk Airport]]. |align=center|<ref name="Ariana A300 overruns while landing at Istanbul Ataturk"/><ref name="Pictures: Ariana A300 skids off Istanbul runway"/><ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-BAD|id= 20070323-1|accessdate= 24 August 2012}}</ref> |- |align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|2014|5|08}} |{{flagicon|AFG|variant=2013}} Kabul |align=center|{{nowrap|[[Boeing 737-4Y0]]}} |align=center|YA-PIB |align=center|W/O |align=center|{{nts|0}} |Slid off the runway on landing at [[Kabul Airport]]. |align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|title= YA-PID|id= 20140508-0|accessdate= 8 May 2014}}</ref> |}
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