Authorities confirm no survivors from Kam Air crash

Airline Industry Information, Feb 9, 2005

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NATO engineers have today (9 February) been preparing to build a helipad at the site of the wreckage of the Kam Air flight that crashed last week.

The engineers are reportedly hoping to increase the speed of the recovery of the 104 victims of the crash but engineers as well as Afghan teams were waiting at the Kabul airport for an improvement of the weather conditions.

The crashed Boeing 737 was operated by Afghanistan's first post-Taliban private airline. The Kam Air aircraft disappeared from radar screens on 3 February while approaching Kabul from Herat. The wreckage was found by helicopters at a height of about 3,000 metres on Chaperi Mountain, The Associated Press reported. NATO troops have found debris and human remains but no survivors and the authorities have confirmed that there were no survivors among the 96 passengers and eight crew members.

The aircraft's so-called black box, the flight recorder, has not yet been found.

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