19 fatalities

10 Mar 1983: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 — Bakhtar Afghan Airlines — near Shashgow Ghazni

near Shashgow Ghazni

On 10 Mar 1983, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 operated by Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was involved in an aviation accident near near Shashgow Ghazni. 19 people were killed. The investigation identified loss of control as a causal factor. This summary draws on records from Wikidata contributors; 16 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

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On 10 March 1983, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 operated by Bakhtar Afghan Airlines crashed near Shashgow, Ghazni, resulting in 19 fatalities.

Incident Details

On 10 March 1983, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 aircraft, operated by Bakhtar Afghan Airlines, was involved in an aviation accident near Shashgow, Ghazni. The incident resulted in 19 fatalities.

Aircraft and Operator

The aircraft involved was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, a twin-engine turboprop utility aircraft. The operator was Bakhtar Afghan Airlines, the national carrier of Afghanistan at the time.

Casualties

According to the report, 19 fatalities were recorded as a result of the accident. No other details about injuries or survivors were provided in the source.

Context

This accident is catalogued in the Wikidata aviation-safety dataset, which tracks over three thousand documented aircraft accidents and occurrences spanning the history of powered flight. Such records are used by researchers to analyze safety trends and recurring factors.

Contributing factors

loss of control