CASA 212 Bamiyan Afghanistan 2004

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CASO STUDIO CASA C-212-CC, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, November 27, 2004 DE DOMINICIS ILARIA DE POLI MATIA DE STASIO CAROLINA DI SILVESTRO ELENA ERMACORA MARTINO HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 27, 2004, about 08:20 Afghanistan time,a Construcciones Aeronauticas Sociedad Anonima C-212-CC (CASA 212) twin-engine, turboprop airplane, N960BW, registered to Aviation Worldwide Services, LLC, and operated by Presidential Ai rways, Inc., of Melbourne, Florida, collided with mountainous terrain in the vicinity of the Bamiyan Valley, near Bamiyan, Afghanistan. The Department of Defense (DoD) contract flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135, with a company flight plan filed. Daylight visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed. The captain, the first officer, and the mechanic - certificated passenger, who were U.S. civilians employed by the operator, and the three military passengers, who were active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, received fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The flight departed Bagram Air Base (OAIX), Bagram, Afghanistan, about 07:38. Presidential Airways provided transport services for U.S. military personnel and cargo within Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan under an Air Mobility Command (AMC) contract with the DoD. According to Presidential Airways’ program site manager, he briefed the captain on the mission itinerary about 07:00. The purpose of the mission was to transport military cargo to Farah, Afghanistan (OAFR), and the three military passengers were traveling in a “space available” status.The flight was to depart OAIX and fly to OAFR, and then fly to Shindand, Afghanistan (OASD), for fuel before returning to OAIX. The briefing included the expected cargo and passenger loads, as well as military…