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Airplane Crashes On Takeoff From Tehran Airport, Most Passengers Killed
It has not been a good summer for airplane travel, and following the latest news out of Iran, where earlier today an Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane bound for Tabas in northeast Iran with 48 passengers and crew on board crashed on a road near Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on Sunday, killing at least 38 people, things just got even worse.
According to initial reports from Al Arabia, all passengers and crew on board had been killed, but state media later reported that some passengers had been injured and transferred to hospital. Thirty-eight other people died instantly and 10 were injured and were transferred to hospital in critical condition, state television said.
Eight or nine had survived, a doctor was quoted as saying by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
One of the injured had regained consciousness, the doctor added.
The passengers included two infants and three children under the age of 12, the Civil Aviation Authority said.
The only silver lining about the tragedy is that there does not appear to be any foul play involved: the pilot detected technical issues four minutes after takeoff and tried to return to the airport, state television said, but the twin-engine turboprop crashed on a road at 9.18 am local time.
One eyewitness said the plane crashed into a wall.
A photograph on IRNA’s website showed a huge plume of black smoke billowing over traffic standing at a road intersection.
A photograph from the Iran Student News Agency showed a charred tailfin lying on the ground.
The plane’s black box has yet to be found, the deputy minister of Roads and Urban Development said.
What is worse is that it is likely that such tragic occurences will continue: about 14 crashes involving Iranian planes were reported in the decade to January 2011. The plane that crashed - an Iran-140 - is a locally assembled version of the Antonov-140. Its safety record has come into question in the past. The safety record for the carriers has led to most Iranian flights being prevented from landing in the EU.
Mehrabad is located in a western suburb of Tehran and mainly functions as a domestic airport, although it also serves some international routes.
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Hey, a mouse farted in a field somewhere. Got an article for that non-issue?
I have got to get me one of those "Sandlot" hats featured in the second picture!
OK got to start it. Wi tu lo.
Which important person was onboard?
Assholes
Now if they would have included the info that JustObserving offered up about the aircraft parts embargo to Iran, it might have had some relevance.
That's the story, not the fact (another) one went down.
Indeed.
The aircraft can be made with Pratt-Whitney engines.
What a waste. Iran has no bankers .
you don't say
Are they Mo'Happy or Mossad?
Mossad for certain. And people wonder why Iran needs nukes.
Well....we know one thing for certain. The Mossad is not responsible for your stupidity. That was passed down by your mother and father.
Blah Blah Blah Jumbofag. Now pay your zioqueer tax and shut the fuck up.
And yours was passed down by your aunt mom and uncle dad.
Jumbo's family tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlJH81dSiw
Furthermore, they immediately admitted it was a mechanical. They could have just as easily placed blame on xyz but didn't.
Tell that to Infinite Douchebag
Fateists like mohammedians don't make for good preventative maintanance program designers.
I reckon it was allah's(salted chiccarones be upon him) will...
Will they get 72 virgins as well
Sure....according to Infinite Idiot....the Mossad is responsible for everything therefore everyone on the plane is a Martyr. Sux for the women though....they don't get 72 Studs for eternity. The Virgins are for men only.
lol good point.
"no fate but the one we make"
Their timeline was long enough. eh?
.....so it goes...
pilot must've chosen a bad time to lay out his prayer rug
and now this bad news.....
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/08/08/338876766/shazam-now-you-...
i guess somewhere in the back of my mind i knew a downy was coming
Should have known that was coming when you post to ZeroMecca.
Well thats as stupid as starting your checks at a high number* so people dont think you are an untrustworthy noob with a checking account.
*Seriously non usa living people, thats what they would do. At least back in the 90's when people wrote checks/cheques
planefall
"The safety record for the carriers has led to most Iranian flights being prevented from landing in the EU."
Razzzists!
nmewn
rabbi has entered the building how about some iran runs isis connections moshe ; )
Well looky here, I have my own delusional troll.
No,you are the fucking troll.Pray,tell us what your preacher said today.
Remove the log from your own eye, before trying to remove the (perceived) splinter out of the eye of brother nmewn.
Amen.....and amen.
Coffee and doughnuts in the parish hall.
birds of a zion feather stick together.
the problem is jumbo the torah bora nmewn rabbi fella does not want you near him because you is not subtle.
you are queering his arab isis pitch.
no sir rebob.
jumbotron you are such an ape even the deaf can here your knucklles draggin along the floor.
Alahu Snackbar, Tony Moo-hammed.
Oh....by the way.....don't be afraid of Capitalizations......and punctuation.
Let commas be your friend.
Hey let's eat Moo-hammed.
Hey let's eat, Moo-hammed.
You kids are having so much fun.
I love it.
Ok, Tony, now you say something. What was it you were telling me about Jumbo's significant other?
haha QA, yeah, but you gotta see the often off topic single meme posts that 'Tony' always leaves - it's like a skid-mark . Whatever the article, he will slag off and rant, often talking and rarely using logic. Hopeless discussing any topic with someone who already made up their mind before they hear any facts, or tries to twist unrelated facts to his single meme.... Anyone who checks his posts can see for themselves ...every single post; hater in extremis... blatant, getting boring now. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but ZH is not a 1-sided religious hatred site.
"No,you are the fucking troll.Pray,tell us what your preacher said today."
You people are stupid beyond words or description, you don't even know what a troll is...lol. My first post had nothing to do with him. My own personal, delusional troll (Tony Wilson) trolled me.
Its right there in black & white you ignorant fuck.
Salaam......Tony Moo-hammed
what have i told you about up ticking isaac
it not clever mongo
English as a second language, I see.
One would guess that domestically-produced or Chinese parts were not good enough:
US sanctions against Iran refer to economic, trade, scientific and military sanctions against Iran, which have been imposed by theU.S. government, or under U.S. pressure by the international community through the United Nations Security Council. Currently, the sanctions include an embargo on dealings with Iran by the United States, and a ban on selling aircraft and repair parts to Iranian aviation companies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._sanctions_against_Iran
what? USA sanctions against Iran? no way, USA is democratic country...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaN1mGJXpnM
I'm guessing not too many Antonov 140 parts are made in the U.S.
You would be guessing correctly...lol.
here is a link.
supposedly, the entire plane comes as a kit then the iranians build it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-140
looks like only 2 countries use them.
John Denver could tell you a thing or two about kit planes.
Sure are a lot of aircraft falling out of the sky in that region of the world...
Sad. One day this happens to ALL of us.
Death, "Unexpected" death, since we all sort of think we are gonna be the exception and rapture out somehow.
Pick any place on the planet right now.
Death, and birth. I imagine a child is being born in Gaza right now.
And dozens of motorists will die today.
But do they EBT and WIC is the question like the USSA. Amerika is Great, nothing like prentending to be rich and great.
Strength to the families of the deceased and the wounded.
That's the problem with Muslim airlines, you got to watch your prayer times.
prayer times of the muslim.
what about the prayers of those zionist saturnic guys at the wailing wall.
why do they thrust fuck old bricks from a roman fort they are pelvic thrusting rocks man that is pretty sick no?
I'm glad to see that since Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania, they've started making planes out of material that doesn't vaporize on impact.
lol, that's very good mastersnark.
Plane is made of same stuff. Penn dirt is just more corrosive than Iranian pavement. Like different grades of sandpaper. Flight 93 hit that molecular grit topsoil. Happens sometimes when you least expect it.
Would the people leaving snarky comments here be just as sarcastic if their loved ones went down with that airplane?
"with" or "on"?
My younger brother is like that. He has this complulsive need to crack wise about anything you say. He's actually a nice guy, but he's lost several friends because of it, it's that bad. Seems to me the only time to make jokes about death is when you're facing death yourself, such as in combat. Other than that, it's just banal and suggests some kind of character flaw or personality disorder.
Looks like Israel has upped the ante in its quest to kill Iranian scientists.
No. Actually, it doesn't.
It's been a while since I read about a plane crashing due to natural causes.
Not all Persians are Muslims. Just an FYI.
You just blew my mind.
whaaaaaa
must have been Putin made model, coz not vaporizing...what was the cargo?
86th airplane disaster to happen in the month of August since 1919.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Verona_Caproni_Ca.48_crash
77 airplane disasters in July.
Speaking of plane crashes the PR spin by the west is in out of engine mode and is "earthbound"...
I particuarly love the Germans calling the U.S. for what it is -
This German comedian says it best
Does anyone remember the sanctions against the U.S. when they killed 290 passengers with a missile in 1988?
Didn't think so...
http://www.nst.com.my/node/21260
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Systematically_Reconstructing_the_Shoot-D...
http://rt.com/news/179288-german-show-ukraine-evidence-ridiculed/
Wonderful post Captain Nemo, I am following the links. The west is silent, if they had the evidence to blame Russia and the rebels, they would be screaming it all over the western media. YET, dead silence! Makes you wonder. Why does Kiev get a free pass to steal and hide the ATC tapes, when these should be the first source gone to. I can imagine the pilots commenting on the two SU-25's riding along with them, and the first 30mm cannon rounds impacting the plane, these would be heard on the tape. Funny, where is CNN on this? Silence, silence, silence. Hmmm???
What good is the black box gonna do? There just going to hear a lot of people yelling 'Allan's snackbar' or something, then a loud crash. Aircraft maintainance is for infidels who do not believe in God's will anyway.
Iranian Airliners go down on a regular schedule. It is looking very suspecious that any airlines could have so many crashes. Israel is known to be running an extensive campaign of terror inside that country. The US CIA aids Israeli, but it is Mossad that is really engaged in murder there. But, that is normal for them. With suce deep Israeli influence inside the Kiev Coup Government, the recent air liner shoot down there is not above a nation like Israel to engineer.