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| 'Many dead' in Iranian air crash | 'Many dead' in Iranian air crash |
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| At least 168 passengers and crew are feared dead after a Caspian Airlines plane crashed in the north of Iran, state media says. | |
| Wreckage was spread over a large area in a field in Jannatabad village, Qazvin province, about 75 miles (120km) north-west of Tehran, state TV said. | |
| The Tupolev aircraft was flying from the Iranian capital to Yerevan in Armenia, Iranian media said. | |
| The cause of the crash, which happened soon after take-off, was not known. | |
| "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 Iranian 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 Iranian Press TV as saying. |
| The Russian plane was built in 1987. | |
| Television footage showed a massive crater in a field, with smouldering debris over a wide area. | Television footage showed a massive crater in a field, with smouldering debris over a wide area. |
| A Caspian Airlines representative told Associated Press news agency that most of the passengers were Armenians, with some Georgian citizens also on board. | |
| It was unclear if other nationalities were involved. | |
| The BBC's Jon Leyne said the country was reliant on air transport, but it had been three years since the last crash. | The BBC's Jon Leyne said the country was reliant on air transport, but it had been three years since the last crash. |
| The civil and military fleets are made up of elderly aircraft, in poor condition due to their age and lack of maintenance. | The civil and military fleets are made up of elderly aircraft, in poor condition due to their age and lack of maintenance. |
| Since Iran's Islamic revolution of 1979, trade embargoes by Western nations have forced Iran to buy mainly Russian-built planes to supplement an existing fleet of Boeings and other American and European models. | Since Iran's Islamic revolution of 1979, trade embargoes by Western nations have forced Iran to buy mainly Russian-built planes to supplement an existing fleet of Boeings and other American and European models. |
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