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Air Cargo Crash in Kabul


Pictured: A United Nations (Transafrik) L-100-20 Hercules
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Contact photographer Serge Bailleul

What: National Air Cargo/Transafrik International Hercules L-100 en route from Bagram Air Base to Kabul
Where: 25-30km east of Kabul
When: Oct 12th 2010, around 19:30
Who: 7 crew (six Philipinos, an Indian, a Kenyan—all fatalities)
Why: While en route, the airplane disappeared from radar about 6nm northeast of the airfield. The flight impacted a mountain in the Pol-e Charkhi area .

Rescue teams are en route to the high altitude location.

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