Afghanistan's Ariana airline boss denies reports one of its planes crashed

Record ID: 1455160

  • Title: Afghanistan's Ariana airline boss denies reports one of its planes crashed
  • Date: 27th January 2020
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (JANUARY 27, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINES' MAIN OFFICE BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINES' ACTING CEO, MIRWAIS MIRZAKWAL, SAYING: "Based on our information, there wasn't any crash or emergency landing by Ariana Airlines' planes." AFGHAN AND ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINES FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINES' ACTING CEO, MIRWAIS MIRZAKWAL, SAYING: "Up until now, we don't have any details about the plane that crashed in the country and we don't know which airline the plane belonged to. And we hope that no plane has crashed." SIGN READING (Dari and English) "ARIANA SALES OFFICE" PEOPLE LEAVING BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 10th February 2020 12:18
  • Keywords: Afghanistan Ariana Afghan Airlines Ghazni plane crash
  • Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA001BXY6EDJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Ariana Afghan Airlines' acting CEO Mirwais Mirzakwal on Monday (January 27) denied reports by Afghan officials that one of his company's planes had crashed.
    Three Afghan government officials said earlier in the day that a plane operated by Afghanistan's state-owned airline Ariana Afghan Airlines had crashed in Ghazni, central Afghanistan on Monday.
    Before Mirzakwal's denial, Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor's office in Ghazni city, had said: "A Boeing plane belonging to the Ariana Afghan Airlines, has crashed in the Sado Khel area of Deh Yak district of Ghazni province around 1:10 p.m. local time (0840 GMT)."
    Reuters was not immediately able to contact Noori again.
    Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said the group was checking on reports of the plane crash.
    (Production: Samargul Zwak, Hameed Farzad, Sayed Hassib)
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