Posted on 07/24/2009 6:44:45 PM PDT by nuconvert
A passenger plane has burst into flames on landing at an airport in northern Iran, killing at least 17 passengers, state media has reported.
The burning plane skidded off the runway of the airport in the city of Mashhad, said the IRNA news agency.
At least another 19 people were injured in the incident and the remaining passengers were evacuated.
The crash comes 10 days after another plane crash in northern Iran, in which 168 people died.
The Aria Airlines plane involved in Friday's blaze had flown from Tehran to Mashhad with 153 people on board.
It was reported to be a Russian-built Ilyushin aircraft.
"All the dead and injured people and passengers have been evacuated and the fire has been completely controlled," said provincial official Ghahraman Rashid.
Mr Rashid said 17 people had been killed and 21 injured, but state TV later reported the lower figures.
Footage shown on Iran's Press TV showed the aircraft surrounded by emergency vehicles with the cockpit almost entirely destroyed.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Video at link
Sad. Poor construction, or lack of maintenance?
That explains a lot.
Both. They’re crappy planes.
Radio Farda reporting 46 dead.
Landing gear malfunction
http://www.radiofarda.com/content/o2_airplane_mashahd/1784855.html
Ping
As of 24 July 2009 there has been a total of 23 hull loss incidents involving the IL-62, 12 of which involved fatalities. (one hull loss every 1.8 years, or one every 2.4 years for the IL-62M).
How do you like those stats? LOL... that's what I call Russian Roulette...LOL.
How awful and how sad.
Wasn’t Iran the place for another similar plane incident recently?
Caspian Airlines jet crashed a few days ago.
170 people on board. No survivors.
That’s what I was thnking of.
Thanks Jet Jaguar.
Old Russian planes maintained by Muslims who disdain getting their hands dirty. No, thanks.
There were a lot of fortunate souls on that plane. It could have been a lot worst.
Nice cop cars, LOL.
Such a horrifying way to die. Ugh.
“”We felt the plane hit uneven ground right after landing ... after the emergency exit was opened, no one dared to jump because it was too high, so we got out over the wing,” one of the passengers told state television.”
Sounds like no emergency chutes
Noisy rattletraps.
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