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'Many dead' in Iranian air crash | 'Many dead' in Iranian air crash |
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An Iranian plane carrying at least 168 passengers and crew has crashed in the north of the country, state media says. | |
An Iranian official said the plane broke into pieces and all those on board were feared dead. | |
The plane, reportedly a Tupolev, came down near Jannatabad village in Qazvin province, about 75 miles (120km) north-west of Tehran, state television said. | |
The Caspian Airlines plane was flying from the Iranian capital to Yerevan in Armenia, Iranian media said. | |
"The 7908 Caspian flight crashed 16 minutes after its take-off from the International Imam Khomeini Airport," Iran's Aviation Organisation spokesman, Reza Jafarzadeh, was quoted by Press TV as saying. | "The 7908 Caspian flight crashed 16 minutes after its take-off from the International Imam Khomeini Airport," Iran's Aviation Organisation spokesman, Reza Jafarzadeh, was quoted by Press TV as saying. |
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