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  • Iran Under Fire Over Plane Crash

    12/07/2005 4:33:22 AM PST · by nuconvert · 31 replies · 1,080+ views
    BBC ^ | December 7, 2005
    Iran under fire over plane crash The authorities in Iran are facing bitter criticism over Tuesday's crash of an ageing military transport plane that killed about 110 people. Reports say the plane had experienced technical problems all morning, causing the take-off to be delayed for hours. Iranian media also say the pilot had asked twice to make an emergency landing at Mehrabad airport, but had been refused because it was busy. Military officials have strongly denied any suggestion of negligence. The C-130 came down in a densely-populated residential district of south-west Tehran and ploughed into a 10-storey apartment block, setting...
  • Thousands attend funerals for Iran crash victims

    12/08/2005 5:26:55 AM PST · by F14 Pilot · 16 replies · 484+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | Thu Dec 8, 05
    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners flooded central Tehran on Thursday for a funeral ceremony for more than 100 people killed in a plane crash that the families of victims have blamed on poor safety procedures. Among those killed on Tuesday were 68 journalists and media technicians, making it the worst accident involving the media anywhere in the world, officials said. "We used to see them on TV every day," said Hamid, a government employee among the crowds who packed streets in the center of the capital to join relatives and colleagues of the dead. "We will miss them very...