PhotoLPPT From Portugal, joined Jul 2004, 491 posts, RR: 2 Posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 11057 times:
Quote: BREAKING NEWS
Military aircraft carrying 80 passengers and 10 crew crashes in Iranian capital of Tehran, police say, according to Reuters.
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More info now available: A military C-130 aircraft carrying 80 passengers and 10 crew crashed into a residential area in southern Tehran on Tuesday, police and Red Crescent officials said.
The plane crashed while trying to make an emergency landing at Tehran's Mehrabad airport.
UK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2550 posts, RR: 33 Reply 1, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 11000 times:
Very sad indeed for all involved, and their families.
My second thought was "please, not the other Saha Air 707...." - I hope to take that trip sometime soon.
FlySSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7313 posts, RR: 61 Reply 3, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 10917 times:
Quoting Cricket (Reply 2): The C-130 would have been quite old, right?
Apparently, the crashed aircraft is a C-130 from the Iran Air Force.
They were delivered to Iran well before the Revolution, so they are more than 25 years old.
The plane crashed on a 10 floors building, in the suburb of Yaftabad, located south of Mehrabad Airport,serving Tehran. It was operating a flight to Bandar-Abbas.
The airport itself is located south west of the city center but is now completely surrounded by residential "new" suburbs.
Yhmfan From Canada, joined Feb 2004, 607 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 10700 times:
The crash occured at 13:45 local time. (about an hour ago)
According to the Iranian News Agency there is widespread fire at the apartment building now identified as Block 50 in Towheed suburb.
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Flanker From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1609 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 10482 times:
Curious From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2005, 236 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 10470 times:
I have heard that these are the older variants and are converted with seats inside(nodoubt not safe) and used to ferry families of the armed forces for almost nothing.
SV777KiloAlpha From Saudi Arabia, joined Dec 2003, 266 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 10333 times:
YAK42 From Ireland, joined Oct 2000, 796 posts, RR: 7 Reply 9, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 9959 times:
Does anyone know what time of day it was when it happened. I hope there wasnt too many people at home.
From the picture on the BBC it looks like the impact was on the ground floor which might have trapped people in the building.
Totally horrifying!
Sad condolences.
NAV20 From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 9080 posts, RR: 37 Reply 10, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 9873 times:
2.30 in the afternoon, YAK42. Probably the 'best' time (if there is such a thing) - most people out at work and the kids still at school. Thanks for the photograph, looks like the aircraft didn't hit the building squarely, thank God........
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UK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2550 posts, RR: 33 Reply 13, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 9476 times:
Quoting RootsAir (Reply 28): When looking at the news about the Air crash in Tehran, I noticed that they have a picture of an A340 in Airbus Livery splitting in two with fire!!
That is atrocious! Not only because they have clearly faked the photo to the detriment of Airbus, but also because they are prepared to show an inaccurate picture like this to provide sensationalism....
AmirAA From Iran, joined May 2001, 54 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 9448 times:
Quoting UK_Dispatcher (Reply 34): That is atrocious! Not only because they have clearly faked the photo to the detriment of Airbus, but also because they are prepared to show an inaccurate picture like this to provide sensationalism....
Slow down...look at the size of the pic, how many people know thats an airbus ??? Those who do are aviaiton enthusiasts like you, who will probs know was c-130 anyways. Its not great but "sensationalism", i dont think so...
Lets not forget the sad fact that so many people have so cheaply passed away. RIP
Abrelosojos From Venezuela, joined May 2005, 4915 posts, RR: 55 Reply 16, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 7994 times:
This is so sad. RIP to all. And I am ashamed to be in a forum that has people making comments like the one below ... the world does not revolve around any of us.
-A.
Quoting UK_Dispatcher (Reply 1): My second thought was "please, not the other Saha Air 707...." - I hope to take that trip sometime soon.
Ourboeing From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 474 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 6049 times:
Quoting AmirAA (Reply 37): Slow down...look at the size of the pic, how many people know thats an airbus ??? Those who do are aviaiton enthusiasts like you, who will probs know was c-130 anyways.
Come on AmirAA.....It very clearly says AIRBUS on it..
As someone else said here, this is not a place for a pissing match so just cut it. I feel sorry for the families of those lost in this tragic accident.
Rdwelch From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 5758 times:
I just read a news report that due to that day's high smog level in Tehran a large number of school kids had stayed home and were in the flats at the time of the crash. Had to be a full load of fuel to fly to Bandar-e Abbas. No matter the side of the fence you are on, this is heart wrenching. RIP to the souls lost. Gus.
VirginFlyer From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 4502 posts, RR: 50 Reply 24, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2739 times:
I have just had to clean up a lot of off-topic posts from this thread, which has been moved from the Civil Aviation forum.
Given that too many users seem to lack the maturity to discuss the issue without turning it into an all out flamefest, I am going to ask that this thread be used very strictly for discussion of the accident. Please DO NOT post about the issue of sanctions, or the government policies of the USA, Iran, or any other country. Given this accident is still very recent, I am sure you would all agree that it is a bit too early to be trying to assign cause just yet, anyway.
If anyone decides to ignore the above advice, and tries to restart the off-topic political banter, they will find themselves suspended, no questions asked. That goes for everyone who takes part in it. You have been warned.
V/F
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Macc From Austria, joined Nov 2004, 971 posts, RR: 3 Reply 25, posted (7 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 2652 times:
austrian news mentiones that one of the victims called his wife telling her that the pilot refused to take off due to technical problems. a military representative denied rumours about technical problems prior to the start, other sources (not specified) say the plane took off late due to repairs prior to the start.
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