Plane crashes at Iran airport
By Associated Press
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian airlines Boeing 707 carrying 157 passengers skidded off a runway at Tehran’s airport and caught fire Wednesday, killing a child and injuring several other people, state-run television reported.
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The station had initially reported 50 dead in the crash of the Saha Airlines plane, then saying scores were killed before downgrading the toll to one.
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Television reports said the landing gear of the jetliner failed to open and the plane caught fire after making a hard landing, its nose and wing slamming into the runway.
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State TV quoted the airline’s managing director, identified only by his last name Nikokar, saying a child was killed.
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Reports said part of the plane’s fuselage plunged into a river but passengers were able to jump out of the craft. The injured, many of whom suffered broken bones, have been taken to Tehran hospitals for treatment, the television said.
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The broadcaster said the plane landed at 10:15 p.m. and the fire erupted minutes later. It said the aircraft carried 157 people, including eight children, and had flown in from the tourist island of Kish in the Persian Gulf.
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Saha Airline Services is owned by the Iranian military but also operates civilian flights. It was not known whether military personnel were aboard Wednesday’s flight.
(THIS SOUNDS VERY SUSPITIOUS! 50 DEAD AND DOWN DOWNGRADE TO ONE?? Looks as reliable as the report I get from my subcontractors!!)
Im the only one older than this plane. For 20 years US embargoed spares parts for planes. Guess the state of the plane!! I travel by car it’s safer. Unless one Iran Air plane falls on top of it. Close to this Aeroflot is good!
Television reports said the landing gear of the jetliner failed to open and the plane caught fire after making a hard landing, its nose and wing slamming into the runway.
State TV quoted the airline's managing director, identified only by his last name Nikokar, as saying that a child was killed.
"Only one person has been killed and a number of passengers have been injured," Nikokar said.
Reports said part of the plane's fuselage plunged into a river but passengers were able to jump out of the craft. The injured, many of whom suffered broken bones, have been taken to Tehran hospitals for treatment, the television said.
The broadcaster said the plane landed at 10:15 p.m. and the fire erupted minutes later. It said the aircraft carried 157 people, including eight children, and had flown in from the tourist island of Kish in the Persian Gulf.
Saha Airline Services is owned by the Iranian military but also operates civilian flights. It was not known whether military personnel were aboard Wednesday's flight.
(THIS SOUNDS VERY SUSPITIOUS! 50 DEAD AND DOWN DOWNGRADE TO ONE?? Looks as reliable as the report I get from my subcontractors!!)
Im the only one older than this plane. For 20 years US embargoed spares parts for planes. Guess the state of the plane!! I travel by car it’s safer. Unless one Iran Air plane falls on top of it. Close to this Aeroflot is good!
Now Elmat flight schedule!!
SUNDAY BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT BA6634 CONFIRMED
* Flight operated by BMED
24 APR 05 - DEPART - TEHRAN/MEHRABAD ARPT 0845 NON-STOP
Terminal: TERMINAL 2
24 APR 05 - ARRIVE - LONDON/HEATHROW,,GB 1155 06HRS 40MINS
Terminal: TERMINAL 4
- AIRCRAFT - AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A321
- CLASS - ECONOMY |
