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The '''Kam Air Boeing 737 disaster''' was an [[Accidents and incidents in aviation|aviation disaster]] in [[February 2005]]. The incident took place on the afternoon of [[February 3]] (local time), when a private [[Kam Air]] [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]] [[jet aircraft]] in [[Afghanistan]] went missing during an in-country flight from the western city of [[Herat]] to the capital of [[Kabul]] in the east.
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It is unknown what was the cause of the loss of communication and the crash; [[Taliban]] leader commander Mullah Dadullah said his [[guerrilla]]s fighters had not shot down the plane and expresses sadness at the crash.
The wreckage of the jet was found at around 9:30 a.m. [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]/[[Universal Coordinated Time|UTC]], about 20 km (12.5 miles) east of Kabul in remote [[mountain]]ious terrain. All 104 people on board are most likely dead, and the plane was completely destroyed. 96 passengers and eight crew, at least 24 of them foreigners.
Of the 104 people on board, 96 were passengers and eight were crew; at least 24 were foreign nationals: six [[United States|Americans]], one [[Iran]]ian, three [[Italy|Italians]], nine [[Turks|Turks]] and four [[Russia]]ns. According to reports, the Russians were crew members, three of the Americans were women working for the U.S.-based company Management Science for Health, and the Turks were civilians working for Turkey-based firms.
