A Passenger aircraft crashed in northwestern Iran on Wednesday on its way to neighboring Armenia and all 168 people on board were killed as per Iranian media. "On board the plane there were 151 adults, 2 children and 15 crew members," said Caspian Airline's representative in Yerevan Arlen Davudyan told Reuters at Yerevan Airport. "15 or 16 minutes after take-off the plane fell near the Iranian city Qazvin about 150 kilometres north of Tehran," he said, adding it was a Tu-154 aircraft and that the cause of the crash was not clear and the black box had not yet been found.
The Caspian Airlines plane was carrying 153 passengers and 15 crew, Reza Jafarzadeh, a spokesman for Iran's aviation organisation, told state television. The plane was travelling from Tehran to Yerevan in Armenia. Crying relatives gathered at Yerevan airport and on one wall a notice listed people who were on board. A senior Iranian provincial official, Sirous Saberi, said the aircraft had experienced technical problems and had tried to do an emergency landing. "Unfortunately the plane caught fire in the air and it crashed," he told semi-official Fars News Agency.
The Caspian Airlines plane was carrying 153 passengers and 15 crew, Reza Jafarzadeh, a spokesman for Iran's aviation organisation, told state television. The plane was travelling from Tehran to Yerevan in Armenia. Crying relatives gathered at Yerevan airport and on one wall a notice listed people who were on board. A senior Iranian provincial official, Sirous Saberi, said the aircraft had experienced technical problems and had tried to do an emergency landing. "Unfortunately the plane caught fire in the air and it crashed," he told semi-official Fars News Agency.
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