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1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown
1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown was on 4 September 1985 when a Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 (registered in Afghanistan as "YA-BAM") on a scheduled internal flight from Kandahar to Farah was shot down by a ground-to-air missile. The aircraft had departed from Kandahar Airport and had circled twice close to the airport to gain height and then set course for Farah Airport, it was at a height of 3800 metres and 18.5 km west of Khandahar
, crashes near Auburn, Maine, United States, killing all eight people on board.
- September 4 – In the 1985 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown, an Antonov An-26 is shot down over Afghanistan, killing all 52 people on board.
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