Iranian passenger airplane crashes near Isfahan

An Iranian passenger airplane with 66 of us on board has crashed in central Iran throughout a flight from Tehran to the city of Yasuj, in step with Iranian news media stories.

The airplane crashed in a mountainous dwelling near town of Semirom on Sunday, the news company ISNA quoted emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi as announcing.

Semirom is a much away mountain town 620km south of Tehran.

The Iranian Crimson Crescent stated it had deployed to the dwelling, which became quite foggy at the time of the break.

Relate-bustle PressTV stated the Aseman Airlines flight became carrying 60 passengers and 6 crew.

Aseman Airlines is a semi-non-public air carrier headquartered in Tehran that specialises in flights to far away airfields across the country, and additionally flies internationally.

The ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop, is former for short-distance regional flying. Authorities stated they’d be investigating the break.

Below decades of worldwide sanctions, Iran’s industrial passenger airplane snappily has archaic, with air accidents occurring on a usual foundation in present years.

Following the 2015 nuclear take care of world powers, Iran signed offers with each and each Airbus and Boeing to desire scores of passenger planes.

In line with media the crashed airplane is an ATR 72 from Iran Aseman Airlines.

In Flightradar24 database there are 6 ATR 72 airplane that belong to Iran Aseman Airlines. All 6 hold old transponders that might only be tracked with MLAT.

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 18, 2018

SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news companies