Iranian passenger plane with 66 people on board crashed in central Iran on Sunday February 18th during a flight from Tehran to the city of Yasuj in the southwest of the country, Iranian media reported.
The ATR-made plane operated by Iranian carrier Aseman
Airlines crashed in a mountainous area near the town of Semirom, news
agency ISNA quoted emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi as
saying.
Semirom's governor said rescue helicopters were unable to
land in the crash site because of heavy fog and emergency workers were
trying to reach the area by land.
State-run PressTV said 66 people were on board the plane,
which disappeared from radar screens 50 minutes after taking off from
Tehran's Mehrabad airport.
Mehrabad is located in western Tehran and mainly functions
as a domestic airport, although it also serves some international
routes.
Iran has suffered several plane crashes in the past few
decades. Tehran says U.S. sanctions have long prevented it from buying
new aircraft or spare parts from the West.
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