Pamir Airways Flight 112

Pamir Airways Flight 112 was a scheduled flight from Kunduz to Kabul with an Antonov An-24, which crashed shortly after takeoff on 17 May 2010.

Aircraft

The plane was an Antonov An-24 with the serial number 27,307,903 and the air vehicle registration YA- PIS. The aircraft was delivered in 1972 and taken over by Pamir Airways in February 2010.

Circumstances of the accident

The flight left Kunduz at 8:30 local time clock with 38 passengers and - after contradictory statements - five or six crew members on board and was no longer below the radar 10 minutes later. On May 21, search teams reached the wreckage of the aircraft 20 kilometers north of Kabul at 4,100 meters altitude in the Shakar Darah - Mountains. Here body parts and the flight recorders have been recovered.