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Serious air accident in Iran, maybe 168 victims

Tehran, Iran - According to local authorities nobody would have survived

A new, serious air accident has hit this morning at about 7 am GMT the world of civil aviation: a passenger aircraft, a Caspian Airlines Tupolev TU-154, with 168 people on board (153 passengers and 15 crewmembers) crashed in north-west Iran, near the city of Qazvin, while en route from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia. The news has been issued by the local press agency "Irna". "It is highly likely that...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1107157
Rome, Italy, 07/15/2009 12:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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