Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 21 November 1959
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-4
Owner/operator: Ariana Afghan Airlines
Registration Number: YA-BAG
Location: ca 30 km NE of Beirut International Airport (BEY) – ÿ Lebanon
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 27
Component Affected: The aircraft engine.The aircraft engine.
Category: Accident
A Ariana Afghan flight experienced a significant delay due to technical difficulties, resulting in a catastrophic crash in the hills of Aramoun. The incident was triggered by a combination of navigational errors and a fire in one engine, leading to a rapid reduction in aircraft performance.A Ariana Afghan flight experienced a significant delay due to technical difficulties, resulting in a catastrophic crash in the hills of Aramoun. The incident was triggered by a combination of navigational errors and a fire in one engine, leading to a rapid reduction in aircraft performance.

Description

Ariana Afghan flight 202 arrived at Beirut at 23:30 GMT on November 20 after a flight from Frankfurt. Technical difficulties caused a delay of about 20 hours. The next day the flight took off from runway 18 for a flight to Tehran, Kandahar and Kabul. Some 2 minutes following takeoff the plane crashed in the hills of Aramoun. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The accident was attributed to a combination of: 1) a navigational error – in that the pilot did not right turn out as early as he should have, either because he forgot or because he was distracted by some unusual occurrence; and 2) a fire indication (or possibly a fire) in no.1 engine which induced the pilot to start fire emergency action with a resulting reduction in the rate of turn and the rate of climb.”

Primary Cause

Combination of navigational errors and a fire in one engine inducing fire emergency action.Combination of navigational errors and a fire in one engine inducing fire emergency action.

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