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An Iranian passenger plane on a domestic flight crashed into the country’s Zagros mountains today killing all 66 people on board.
The plane had 66 people on board, including 60 passengers, 2 flight attendants and pilots and 2 security forces, Iran Emergency Center spokesmen Mojtaba Khaledi told IRNA.
An Iranian passenger plane which crashed this morning had hit Dena Mountains, Iran Emergency Center announced.
The Asseman Airlines’ passenger plane crashed in the Kohangan Village near the Padena region, 120 Km from Semirom in Isfahan Province, Shahrokh Konari, Governor of the
Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad Province earlier told IRNA.
An airline official said the Aseman Airlines flight left Tehran’s Mehrabad airport around 0800 local time for the city of Yasuj in Isfahan province and disappeared from the radar shortly after that.
He told state broadcaster IRIB that the plane crashed into Dena mountain, part of the Zagros range, around 23 kilometres from Yasuj. He said, the plane was carrying 60 passengers, including one child, as well as six crew, he added.
A spokesman of the airlines said, a helicopter sent by Iran’s national emergency services was unable to land at the site of the accident due to severe weather.
The Relief and Rescue Organisation of Iran’s Red Crescent said, it had dispatched 12 teams to the region.
Spokesman for the national emergency services, Mojtaba Khaledi, told ISNA news agency that given the fact that the area is mountainous, it is not possible to send ambulances.