The Daily Mirror is reporting that a state-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines plane crashed Monday in Afghanistan's central province of Ghazni.
🔴#BREAKING Ariana airlines passenger plane crash in the Deh Yak district of #Ghazni province.
The #Taliban are already according to several sources on the crash site. #Afghanistan
Via: @bsarwary pic.twitter.com/lAtYzFnKD7 — StrategicNews (@StrategicNews2)
1TV Media, an Afghan television station, reports the plane went down in a remote region of Deh Yak district in eastern Ghazni province while flying to Kabul from Herat.
#Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 737-470 flight AFG507A crashed minutes after take off from #Kabul pic.twitter.com/KUJw8F0dTi
— Manu Gómez (@GDarkconrad)
Local media said 83 people were on board, but at this moment, there's no official report on the fate of the crew and passengers.
Another report via local media said the Taliban was at the crash site and was helping to extinguish the fire.