On November 27, 2004, about 0820 Afghanistan time, a Construcciones Aeronauticas Sociedad Anonima C-212-CC (CASA 212) twin-engine, turboprop airplane, N960BW, operated by Presidential Airways, Inc., of Melbourne, Florida, was destroyed when it collided with mountainous terrain near Bamiyan, Afghanistan. The captain, the first officer, and the four passengers were killed; one passenger survived for at least 8 hours, but he died before help arrived. The flight was operated under a Department of Defense (DoD) Air Mobility Command contract under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135. Daylight visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight was en route from Bagram, Afghanistan, to Farah, Afghanistan, on the first leg of a mission that was to end with the airplane's return to Bagram. The operator was unaware the airplane was missing until about 6 hours after it crashed.
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