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Aircraft Crashes at Base in Afghanistan

Status:	Preliminary
Date:	29 APR 2013
Time:	ca 15:00
Type:	Boeing 747-428BCF
Operator:	National Air Cargo
Registration:	N949CA
C/n / msn:	25630/960
First flight:	1993-01-29 (20 years 3 months)
Engines:	4 General Electric CF6-80C2B1F
Crew:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Bagram Air Base (BPM) (Afghanistan)
Phase:	Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Bagram Air Base (BPM/OAIX), Afghanistan
Destination airport:	?

Narrative:
A Boeing 747-400BCF cargo plane, operated by National Air Cargo, crashed on takeoff from Bagram Air Base (BPM), Afghanistan. A base spokesman said the aircraft crashed from a low altitude right after takeoff. A fire erupted. A local police chief reported that all crew members were killed in the crash.
Bagram Air Base has a single concrete runway, 03/21 of 11819 feet (3602 m) in length.
Reportedly N949CA operated into Bagram as flight NCR510 from
A thunderstorm with Cumulonimbus clouds was approaching the air base at the time of the accident.