Showing posts with label Iran Air. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iran Air. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 January 2011

At least 50 survive plane crash in northwest Iran

IRAN AIR B747SP-86 (EP-IAD/21758/371)
UPDATE: State-run media says 70 dead, 32 injured after plane crash in northwest Iran. 

A passenger plane carrying up to 105 people crashed in northwestern Iran on Sunday evening, state-run media reported, but at least 50 people survived the accident.

The Fars news agency said the Fokker 100 aircraft went down near Urmia, a city in northwestern Iran and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province. It said 92 to 97 passengers and eight crew members were on board the plane, which was owned by Iran Air.