Iranian military plane crashes during annual parade

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Iranian military plane crashes during annual parade
IRAN - 22 SEPTEMBER 2009

An Iranian military plane crashed south of Tehran on Tuesday in the military parade marking the anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran war, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

 

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Seven killed in Iran plane crash: report
IRAN - 22 SEPTEMBER 2009

A military aircraft taking part in an army parade crashed near Tehran on Tuesday, state television said, as the Fars news agency reported seven people killed in a plane crash in the same area.

The television gave no further details of the incident.

Earlier the official IRNA news agency said a plane "which was conducting manoeuvres during the parade crashed in the village of Vali Abad," near Tehran.

Fars quoted the Iran Red Crescent relief chief Ahmad Esfandiari as saying that relief workers had found the bodies of seven passengers from a plane which crashed in an area called Qarchak, south of Tehran.

The report said the crash took place at around 10:00 am (0630 GMT) in Qarchak, an area close to where an army parade was taking place.

Fars, however, quoted a statement by the Iranian air force as saying the plane that crashed was not part of the parade but was a training aircraft.


Source: AFP

 

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What was the type of aircraft? which was doing menuvers with 7 people on board! it could not be a fighter a/c.

 

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What was the type of aircraft? which was doing menuvers with 7 people on board! it could not be a fighter a/c.

it must have crashed on some ppl......