Airliner Crash Iran 09-01-2011

[geert]

Acoording to the Telegraaf a Fokker 100 crashed in Iran. Should be an Iran Air aircraft.

Since they are talking about some 156 pasengers it's not likely to be an F100.

Some 50 pax survived.

Geert.

[Mick Janssens]

According to Fars (an Iranian newspaper) the plane was carrying 105 passengers.

[Hessel]

According to the Washington Post, the plane is a Boeing 727.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02047.html

Hessel.

[skycruiser]

Inderdaad een Boeing 727: EP-IRP



Grt,
Eric

[Shunn31]

Seen at Toulouse-Montaudran in November 1997 on overhaul at Air France Industries... Taken by me

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/254232L.html

[Stratofreighter]

http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=0

Crash: Iran Air B722 near Uromiyeh on Jan 9th 2011, impacted terrain during go-around

By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Jan 9th 2011 18:26Z, last updated Sunday, Jan 9th 2011 22:58Z

An Iran Air Boeing 727-200, registration EP-IRP performing flight IR-277 from Tehran Mehrabad to Uromiyeh (Iran) with 94 passengers and 12 crew,

was on final ILS approach to Uromiyeh's Urmia Airport runway 21 in fog and snowfall around 19:45L (16:15Z).

The crew went around but the airplane impacted mountaineous terrain at Terman village about 5 miles southeast of the airport and broke up in six major parts.

73 occupants are confirmed dead, thereof 18 bodies were recovered, 33 occupants were hospitalised with a number in critical condition.

The Vice governor of West Azerbaijan province of Iran said, that the airplane was on short final when the crew declared emergency due to a technical problem

explaining they could not land at Urmia in these circumstances and requested to return to Tehran.

During the go-around the aircraft lost height for unknown reasons and impacted terrain.

Iran's Transport Ministry said, that there was no emergency.

According to tower tapes the pilot aborted the approach when he could not establish visual contact with the runway at decision height and went around indicating they wanted to return to Tehran.

33 people have been taken to hospitals, 73 have perished.

Uromiyeh's Airport features a runway 03/21 of 3250 meters length, there are instrument approaches only to runway 21 (ILS, VOR/DME, VOR, NDB).