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A passenger plane crashed on Monday in a snowstorm in the rugged Hindu Kush mountains, in a domestic flight while, flying with 38 passengers and five crew members. The Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed that a passenger plane of a private Air Line Company, Pamir, went down while flying on a domestic flight from the northern city of Kunduz to the Capital Kabul; consequently, the weather was reportedly cloudy and rainy.
The plane, an aging Russian-built Antonov-24 turboprop operated by Pamir Airways, left about 8:30 a.m. for Kabul, the capital, but vanished amid the jagged peaks of the nearly 13,000-foot-high Salang Pass. Officials said it was believed to have gone down about 60 miles north of Kabul city. Spokeman for Afghanistan's Interior Ministry, said Afghan authorities had sought the assistance of the NATO and International Security Assistance Force to conduct a search-and-rescue mission in the area.NATO and ISAF forces have confirmed their readiness for search and rescue operation with regarding this incident. The search for survivors was suspended after darkness, but was to resume Tuesday.
There were conflicting reports from Afghan officials as to whether there were 43 or 44 people aboard the plane, including the crew members. The British Embassy in Kabul confirmed that three British nationals were on airplan.Pamir began operations in 1995, and flies between the capital and most major cities around Afghanistan. It also have flights to Dubai, in the UAE.
Many foreign aid agencies fuction around Kunduz province, a formerly quiet corner of Afghanistan that has been increasingly beset by the insurgency. Because of the complexity of land traveling, some aid agencies workers use Pamir Air Line, the only commercial airline to serve Kunduz.
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