Aviation accidents in Afghanistan

9 accidents and incidents are recorded in Afghanistan (1998–2020), with 113 people killed and 3 seriously injured. 67% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1998 to 1 in 2014.

Deadliest accidents

1. 1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crash, Sharki Baratayi Mountain (Mar 19, 1998) · 45 killed
2. Pamir Airways Flight 112, Afghanistan (May 17, 2010) · 44 killed
3. Lockheed L-100, Kabul, AF (Oct 12, 2010) · 8 killed
4. Boeing 747-400 BCF, Bagram, AF (Apr 29, 2013) · 7 killed
5. Casa 212-200-CC, Bamiyan, AF (Nov 27, 2004) · 6 killed
6. Bell 214, Camp Bastion, AF (Jan 16, 2012) · 3 killed
7. Sikorsky S61, Camp Dwyer, OF (Apr 20, 2020) · 0 killed
8. Bombardier Inc DHC-8-315, Kabul, AF (Oct 17, 2012) · 0 killed
9. Boeing 767 36N, Kabul, AF (Jun 20, 2014) · 0 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.