Air disaster

Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202

21 Nov 1959 · 34.02° N, 35.70° E

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When
21 Nov 1959
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
34.02° N, 35.70° E
Description
1959 aviation accident
Deaths
24

Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202

1959 aviation accident

Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202 (YA-BAG) was a scheduled international civilian passenger flight from Lebanon to Afghanistan on 21 November 1959. It took off from Beirut at 1:30AM Local Time, and was destined for Kabul, with a stopover at Mehrabad in Iran and another stopover at Kandahar in Afghanistan. Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft, a Douglas DC-4, crashed into the side of a hill in Aramoun.

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