Posted on 02/10/2004 12:42:18 AM PST by HAL9000
An Iranian plane transporting approximately 35 people is crushed in Charjah
AFP|10.02.04|09h35
A plane of the Iranian company Kish Airways transporting approximately 35 people was crushed Tuesday with Charjah, one of the seven members of the federation of the linked Arab Emirates, indicated the police.L' plane was crushed whereas it was on the point of landing with the international airport of the emirate, specified a spokesman of the police force.
Iranian plane crashes in Emirates, flaming wreckage aired on local TV
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An Iranian airliner crashed Tuesday shortly after taking off from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, according to local television reports that showed flaming wreckage and rescue helicopters landing near the scene.
There was word of survivors, according to Sharjah TV.
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Plane Crashes in UAE Airport, Police Say
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - A plane crashed near Sharjah airport in the Gulf state of the United Arab Emirates, police and witnesses said.
It was not immediately clear how many passenger were on board the plane or which airline it belonged to. The UAE's news agency WAM said the plane was a Kish Airlines flight from Iran while other sources said it was a Russian cargo plane.
Iranian plane crashes in Emirates, flaming wreckage aired on local TV
ADNAN MALIK, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, February 10, 2004SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An Iranian airliner with about 60 people aboard crashed Tuesday shortly after taking off from Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates, according to television reports that showed flaming wreckage and rescue helicopters landing nearby.
There was word of survivors aboard the Kish Airline plane, according to Sharjah television, which reported that 49 passengers plus a child were on board. The number of crew wasn't clear.
Mehdi Mehranpour, deputy managing director of Iran's national carrier, Iran Air, said the plane belonged to Kish Air, a separate Iranian company. Kish Air officials could not immediately be reached.
Speaking to The Associated Press in the Iranian capital of Tehran, Mehranpour said the airliner was a Fokker 50, which can carry about 60 people, and that it had crashed in a populated area near Sharjah airport. The Sharjah television report had said the crash area was uninhabited area.
In the television footage, flames were visible from the front of the plane, which appeared not to be intact. The plane's tail section could be seen and no fire were seen in that area on the television footage. Other indiscernible debris could be seen smoking on the ground.
Iran has a history of air accidents, often blamed on badly maintained planes. In June, an Iranian military C-130 transport plane crashed outside Tehran, killing all seven people on board. In February, a Russian-made Ilyushin-76 crashed in southeastern Iran, killing all 275 aboard.
In Belarus in September, a Tupolev-154 belonging to Kish Air on a Tehran-Minsk-Copenhagen went off course while making its landing approach at the Minsk-2 airport, striking trees which caused serious damage to the plane's wings. None of the 40 people aboard were hurt.
In 1995, an Iranian flight attendant hijacked a Kish Air Boeing 707 to Israel during a flight from Tehran. The plane was returned to Tehran with 174 passengers and crew.
Kish Airline has a fleet of four medium range TU-154M jets, a Russian aircraft, on domestic and international flights and four short-range Fokker-50, a German-made turboprop plane, according to the company's Web site.
What do the mullahs have to say about this?
I'll endeavor to contain my grief. < /sarcasm>
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