Dassault Falcon 10 crash, Jan 20, 2024 (2 killed), Mt Top...
Dassault Falcon 10 accident on January 20, 2024 near Mt Topkhana, Badakhshan, Afghanistan with 2 fatalities. Cause: Forced landing at night in...
- Date: January 20, 2024
- Aircraft: Dassault Falcon 10
- Location: Mt Topkhana, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Forced landing at night in mountains, most likely after both engines flamed out from fuel exhaustion. Contributing: inadequate preflight calculation and training, weather forecast not reviewed and late emergency notification.
A Dassault Falcon 10 on an air ambulance flight from Thailand to Moscow ran out of fuel over the mountains of Afghanistan after both engines flamed out and crashed on Mt Topkhana in Badakhshan during an attempted emergency landing at night. Two of the six aboard died and four were injured. The investigation cited inadequate flight planning and fuel management.