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Iran: a plane catch fire during the landing, almost 100 people died

Teheran, Iran - The aircraft coming from the South of the Country was a Tupolev with 147 people on board

The satellite tv station al Jazeera has retailed that today at 1:45pm (local time) a plane of the air company Iran Air Tour with 147 people on board has catch fire during the landing at Mashhad airport, in North-East Iran. At the moment the official reports talk of 97 deads and 50 people rescued, but the number is still provisional because "The rescue operations are still in progress and the number...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 147968
Rome, Italy, 09/01/2006 16:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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