Iran air crash kills nearly 170
China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-16 07:52
Emergency workers sift through the wreckage of a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger plane which crashed near the city of Qazvin, about 120 km north of Teheran, yesterday. Inset: A video grab shows identity cards recovered from the debris. Reuters/AFP |
TEHERAN: A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying nearly 170 people crashed shortly after takeoff yesterday, smashing into a field northwest of the capital and shattering to pieces. State television said all on board were killed.
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