[1] The aircraft crashed into a mountain peak near the Kabul Airport, causing the deaths of all eight crewmembers aboard.

[1] The pilot, Captain Henry Bulos, complied with the request and subsequently impacted a mountain in the Pol-e Charkhi area on the outskirts of Kabul.

[4] At about 19:50 local time (15:20 GMT), the air traffic controller observed a fireball at approximately 1000 feet above the airport elevation.

[4] On 2 October 2012, plaintiffs filed negligence complaints against Midwest ATC, NAC and Transafrik.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit stated in their decision of 9 August 2021, "...we think that a reasonable jury could also find to the contrary that Smith should have foreseen that guiding the plane, at night, toward "jet black" terrain that he was unfamiliar with (and that lay outside Class D airspace) would result in danger to Flight 662.