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Dozens have been killed in Iranian plane crash
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...338752,00.html
Dozens have been killed in Iranian plane crash Eighty passengers were reported killed today after a plane caught fire when it landed in northeast Iran today, Iranian state television said. The fire began after a tyre exploded as the aircraft was landing in Mashhad. The flight, by Iran Airtour, which is affiliated to Iran's national air carrier, originated in Bandar Abbas, in the south of the country. Initial reports said there were 147 people on board. None of the crew members on board the Russian made TU-154 died in the fire, and other passengers were evacuated, state TV reported, adding that investigators were now on the scene. Mashhad, located 1,000 km (620 miles) northeast of Tehran, is visited by 12 million people annually on pilgrimage to its Shia Islamic shrines. |
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