Det sies på NRK nå at flyet, antakelig en Boeing, hadde 83 passasjerer. Det sies også at ingen navigasjonshjelpemidler finnes og at fly må fly i henhold til de visuelle flygereglene, VFR. Taliban sitter på massevis av gamle amerikanske Redeye Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) fra krigen mot Sovjet. Ariana har mye blått på flyene sine, ref denne A300 som ikke lenger er benyttet av selskapet. Det er mye blått på flyvraket du ser på bildet under. Ariana hevder at det ikke er deres fly.
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Afghan plane crash: Mystery over crash in Taliban territory
A plane has crashed and caught fire in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
The aircraft came down in Ghazni province's Deh Yak district, south-west of the capital Kabul, in an area with a strong Taliban presence.
Local officials initially said it was a passenger plane belonging to Afghan airline Ariana.
However, the airline said all of its fleet were accounted for, and the country's aviation body later announced that no civilian plane had crashed.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the BBC that his group had not yet located the aircraft.
The cause of the crash remains unclear, and no details about casualties have been given.
A passenger plane crashed on Monday in a Taliban-held area of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, local officials said.
Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the plane went down around 1:10 p.m. local time in Deh Yak district, which is held by the Taliban. Two provincial council members also confirmed the crash.
The number of people on board and their fate was not immediately known, nor was the cause of the crash.
Ariana Airlines, Afghanistan's national carrier, dismissed the claim that one of their planes had crashed in a statement on their website, saying all their aircraft were operational and safe.
The mountainous Ghazni province sits in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains and is bitterly cold in winter.
The last major commercial air crash in Afghanistan occurred in 2005 when a Kam Air flight from western Herat to the capital Kabul crashed into the mountains as it tried to land in snowy weather.
The war, however, has seen a number of deadly crashes of military aircraft. One of the most spectacular occurred in 2013 when an American Boeing 747 cargo jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Bagram air base north of Kabul en route to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. All seven crew member were killed.
Afghanistan's aviation industry suffered desperately during the rule of the Taliban when its only airline Ariana was subject to punishing sanctions and allowed to fly only to Saudi Arabia for Hajj flights.
Since the overthrow of the religious regime smaller private airlines have emerged but the industry is still a nascent one.
Passenger plane crashes in Taliban-held
area in Afghanistan
The number of people on board and their fate was not immediately known, nor was the cause of the crash.
The mountainous Ghazni province sits in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains and is bitterly cold in winter. (File picture for representation: Reuters)
The number of people on board and their fate was not immediately known, nor was the cause of the crash.
The mountainous Ghazni province sits in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains and is bitterly cold in winter. (File picture for representation: Reuters)
- Number of people on board,
casualties or cause of crash is not known yet
- Ariana Airlines denied reports
of their aircraft crashing, says planes are safe
- The plane crashed in
Taliban-held area in Ghazni province's Deh Yak district
A passenger plane crashed on Monday in a Taliban-held area of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, local officials said.
Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the plane went down around 1:10 p.m. local time in Deh Yak district, which is held by the Taliban. Two provincial council members also confirmed the crash.
The number of people on board and their fate was not immediately known, nor was the cause of the crash.
Ariana Airlines, Afghanistan's national carrier, dismissed the claim that one of their planes had crashed in a statement on their website, saying all their aircraft were operational and safe.
The mountainous Ghazni province sits in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains and is bitterly cold in winter.
The last major commercial air crash in Afghanistan occurred in 2005 when a Kam Air flight from western Herat to the capital Kabul crashed into the mountains as it tried to land in snowy weather.
The war, however, has seen a number of deadly crashes of military aircraft. One of the most spectacular occurred in 2013 when an American Boeing 747 cargo jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Bagram air base north of Kabul en route to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. All seven crew member were killed.
Afghanistan's aviation industry suffered desperately during the rule of the Taliban when its only airline Ariana was subject to punishing sanctions and allowed to fly only to Saudi Arabia for Hajj flights.
Since the overthrow of the religious regime smaller private airlines have emerged but the industry is still a nascent one.
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