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Iran Air Tours Flight 956

Coordinates: 33°28′00″N 48°21′00″E / 33.4667°N 48.3500°E / 33.4667; 48.3500
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Iran Air Tours Flight 956
An Iran Air Tupolev Tu-154M similar to the aircraft involved in the incident.
Accident
Date12 February 2002
SummaryControlled flight into terrain, pilot error
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-154M
OperatorIran Air Tours
RegistrationEP-MBS
Flight originTehran-Mehrabad Airport Tehran, Iran
DestinationKhorramabad Airport, Khorramabad, Iran
Passengers107
Crew12
Fatalities119 (all)
Survivors0

Iran Air Tours Flight 956 was a Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed on 12 February 2002. All 12 crew and 107 passengers were killed in the crash. It remains the fifth-worst crash in Iranian aviation history.[1] The aircraft was carrying four government officials. It crashed 230 miles (370 km) south-west of Tehran.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Tupolev 154M EP-MBS Sarab-e Do Rah". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Iran plane crash kills 117". BBC News. 12 February 2002. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

33°28′00″N 48°21′00″E / 33.4667°N 48.3500°E / 33.4667; 48.3500