As per media reports originating from Afghanistan, a small aircraft crashed in the Wakhan region of Badakhshan. The reports from the Afghanistan’s provincial regime and local police claims that a plane originated from India and was en route to Moscow, Russia when it crashed in Afghanistan.
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The head of information and culture for the Taliban in Badakhshan said that the passenger plane went down in Topkhaneh Mountain, spanning the districts of Karan, Manjan, and Zibak within the province.
India's Civil Aviation Ministry clarified in a post on X that the aircraft which crashed in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province is "neither an Indian scheduled aircraft nor a non-scheduled or charter aircraft; it is a Moroccan registered small aircraft."
The ministry said it is… pic.twitter.com/MHDN8aaQZw
— Amu TV (@AmuTelevision) January 21, 2024
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has now denied the claims by Taliban and confirmed that no Indian plane crashed in Afghanistan. The plane was registered in Morocco, said a MoCA statement on X.com.
The crashed aircraft is a DF-10 (Dassault Falcon) small aircraft registered in Morocco. It is not an aircraft of Indian carriers. The aircraft was an air ambulance and was flying from Thailand to Moscow and did refuelling at Gaya Airport, said Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The unfortunate plane crash that has just occurred in Afghanistan is neither an Indian Scheduled Aircraft nor a Non Scheduled (NSOP)/Charter aircraft. It is a Moroccan registered small aircraft. More details are awaited.
— MoCA_GoI (@MoCA_GoI) January 21, 2024
“The unfortunate plane crash that has just occurred in Afghanistan is neither an Indian Scheduled Aircraft nor a Non Scheduled (NSOP)/Charter aircraft. It is a Moroccan registered small aircraft. More details are awaited,” wrote MoCA on Twitter.