BBC - An Iranian military plane with 94 people on board has crashed into a 10-storey apartment building in a built-up suburb of the capital Tehran. There was a huge explosion and fire in the building. Police said everyone had died on the plane and many deaths were feared on the ground.
The C-130 plane had just taken off from Mehrabad airport when the pilot reported an emergency and turned back.
[...]The country's civil and military aircraft have a poor safety record.
In 2003, an Iranian Ilyushin-76 troop carrier crashed in south-east Iran killing all 276 Revolutionary Guard soldiers and crew aboard.
Officials blame the high frequency of crashes on a lack of aviation spare parts due to US sanctions. |