Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was an airline from Afghanistan, which offered domestic flights. The company was founded in 1967 as Bakhtar Alwatana, a name it kept until 1985, when it was renamed Bakhtar Afghan Airlines. In 1985 the company absorbed Ariana Afghan Airlines and became Afghanistan's sole airline company.[2] In 1988 the Ariana and Bakhtar brands merged.
Destinations
In 1975, Bakhtar Afghan Airlines offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:[3]
Flights were operated using Yakovlev Yak-40 or de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft.
Accidents and incidents
- On 25 January 1972, a Bakhtar Yakovlev Yak-40 (registered YA-KAD) was damaged beyond repair when its hit trees during approach of Khost Airfield near the Afghan town of Khost.[4]
- On 18 April 1973, a Bakhtar Twin Otter (registered YA-GAT) carrying 16 passengers (most of which were American or Canadian citizens) crashed upon take-off at Bamyan Airport, killing two passengers and two of the three crew members on board.[5]
- On 10 March 1983, a Bakhtar Twin Otter (registered YA-GAZ) operating a domestic flight from Kabul to Uruzgan crashed during a thunderstorm near the town of Ghazni, killing all 17 passengers and 2 crew members on board.[6]
- On 8 January 1985, another Bakhtar Twin Otter (registered YA-GAY) was damaged beyond repair in a landing incident at Bamyan Airport. There were no fatalities among the 17 passengers and 3 crew members.[7]
- On 4 September 1985 (during the Soviet war in Afghanistan), a Bakhtar Antonov An-26 (registered YA-BAM) was shot down by a ground-air missile near Kandahar. The aircraft was carrying 47 passengers and 5 crew members and had been on a scheduled flight from Kandahar to Farah. There were no survivors.[8]
- On 11 June 1987, another Bakhtar An-26 (registered YA-BAL) was shot down by a missile near Khost, killing 53 out of the 55 people on board. The aircraft had been on a flight from Kandahar to Kabul.[9]
References
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Afghanistan portal |
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- ^ Information on Bakhtar Afghan Airlines at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Flight International. 23 May 1987. 5.
- ^ Bakhtar 1975 timetable
- ^ Bakhtar 1972 incident at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Bakhtar 1973 crash at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Bakhtar 1983 accident at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ 1985 Bakhtar incident at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ 1985 Bakhtar shoot-down incident at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Bakhtar 1987 shoot-down incident at the Aviation Safety Network
