A commercial plane which was carrying as many as sixty-six persons has come crashing down, killing every soul on board.
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source: extraimage.infoIt has been reported that an Iranian commercial plane crashed on Sunday in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, killing all 66 people on board.
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source: extraimage.infoAccording to The Associated Press, an Aseman Airlines ATR-72,a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern Iranian city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometers (485 miles) south of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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source: extraimage.infoAseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai told state TV that all on the flight were killed. The plane carried 60 passengers, including one child, and six crew members.
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source: extraimage.infoDue to foggy condition, rescue helicopters couldn’t reach the crash site in the Zagros Mountains, state TV reported. Tabatabai said the plane crashed into Mount Dena, which is about 440-meters (1,440-feet) tall.
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source: extraimage.infoAseman Airlines is a semi-private air carrier headquartered in Tehran that specializes in flights to remote airfields across the country. It also flies internationally.
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source: extraimage.infoThe Iranian Red Crescent said it has deployed to the area. Authorities said they would be investigating.
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source: extraimage.infoUnder decades of international sanctions, Iran’s commercial passenger aircraft fleet has aged, with air accidents occurring regularly in recent years.
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source: extraimage.infoFollowing the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers, Iran signed deals with both Airbus and Boeing to buy scores of passenger planes.