Plane crashes in Iran; fate of 66 lives in extreme danger

NewsBharati    18-Feb-2018
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Tehran, February 18: An Iranian passenger plane with 60 people on board has crashed in central Iran during a flight from Tehran to the city of Yasuj. The plane came down in the Zagros Mountains near the city of Semirom in Isfahan province. Semirom is a remote mountain town 620km south of Tehran. All 66 passengers and crew were killed when an Iranian plane crashed into the country's Zagros Mountains today, an airline spokesman told state television.

The Iranian Red Crescent said it had deployed to the area, which was quite foggy at the time of the crash. According to the local media, the Aseman Airlines flight was carrying 60 passengers and six crew.

Aseman Airlines is a semi-private air carrier headquartered in Tehran that specialises in flights to remote airfields across the country and also flies internationally.

The ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop, is used for short-distance regional flying. Authorities said they would be investigating the crash.

"All emergency forces are on alert," an emergency services spokesman said.

According to Flightradar24, a global flight tracking service that provides you with real-time information about thousands of aircraft around the world “According to media the crashed aircraft is an ATR 72 from Iran Aseman Airlines. In Flightradar24 database there are 6 ATR 72 aircraft that belong to Iran Aseman Airlines. All 6 have old transponders that can only be tracked with MLAT. We are following reports in media about an aircraft crash in Iran. We are currently looking for more details.”