The World - News from Nov. 21, 1988

Pakistani officials admitted error in shooting down an Afghan military transport plane, killing all 34 people on board, when it strayed across the border. “The plane was hit by mistake,” said one official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Official sources in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province said the plane was shot down by anti-aircraft gunners who thought it was on a bombing mission after it flew across the border near the town of Karlachi, about 100 miles southwest of the frontier city of Peshawar. The aircraft was hit after it turned and was flying back toward Afghanistan.