Afghan, coalition forces conducting search and rescue mission for civilian plane crash

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

10.12.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and International Security Assistance Force service members are conducting a search and rescue mission on an airplane that crashed in the mountains near Kabul Oct. 12.

The crash occurred shortly before 8 p.m. approximately 25-30 kilometers east of Kabul International Airport.

Early reports indicate the plane is an L-100 Hercules aircraft, the civilian equivalent of a military C-130.

The plane was not an ISAF aircraft.

Kabul International Airport is expected to remain open.

• Date Taken: 10.12.2010
• Date Posted: 10.12.2010 12:53
• Story ID: 57953
• Location: KABUL, AF