International News Safety Institute

06 December 2005

48 Casualties

Incident

48 Casualties

Cause of death

Unknown

Details

IRAN Among the dead were 68 journalists and media technicians, en route to cover military exercises in the Gulf. The pilot reported engine problems minutes after take off from Tehran's Mehrabad international airport. The plane circled back for an emergency landing but crashed into a densely-populated residential area.

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