IranAir B727 crashes in Iran

[joyraider]

Just in, a Fokker 100 crashed in Iran with 156 aboard - 50 would have survived.

Only source for now (Dutch): http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/8690 ... ran__.html

[sn26567]

156 on board? Not a surprise that it crashed with such an overload!

Also in English: http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/01/a ... west-iran/

Here there are only 106 persons on board, which seems much more reasonable.

[Shanti]

some say it is a boeing 727-200

[joyraider]

Indeed, more reports now saying it's a B727

[Bralo20]

EP-IRP involved in the crash, first flight in dec 1974, just a couple of weeks back in service after undergoing an heavy D-check.

[sdbelgium]

B727-200 EP-IRP carrying 95 pax and 8 crew, impacted terrain during go-around at Orumiyeh airport.

[sn26567]

See first report with METARs and map on The Aviation Herald: http://www.avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=0

[IR800]

So sad.
You can find some pics here:
http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.a ... ID=1228608
http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.a ... ID=1228825
http://www.irna.ir/Display.aspx?NID=030178658
http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?I ... 487&Lang=P
http://www.farsnews.com/imgrep.php?nn=8910200596

[sn26567]

Iranian crash toll rises to 77 killed

At least 77 people were killed in Sunday's crash of a passenger plane in Iran's northwestern province of Azarbayjan-e Gharbi, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

Previous reports had put the death toll at 70, but the number had been expected to rise.

The Iran Air Boeing 727 with 106 on board crashed while attempting to land in bad weather in the city of Urumiyeh, located in a mountainous area near the border with Turkey, about 1,000 km (625 miles) northwest of the capital Tehran.

IRNA reported the plane's black box flight recorder had been found.

State television showed the wreckage of the plane, which appeared to have broken into several sections on impact. Huge gaps were torn in the fuselage, parts of which were open to the night air as snow fell.

Iran has suffered a series of crashes in the past few decades. U.S. sanctions against Iran have prevented it from buying new aircraft or spare parts from the West.

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