Aseman Airlines plane crashes into mountain in Iran, 66 dead, 18 2 2018

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66 people dead

An Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern Iranian city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometres south of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Aseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai told state TV all on Flight No EP3704 were killed.

Due to foggy conditions, rescue helicopters couldvnot reach the crash site in the Zagros Mountains, state TV reported.

Mr Tabatabai said the plane crashed into Mount Dena, which is about 4,400 metres tall.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-...ng-66-people-crashes-in-southern-iran/9459710

 

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A passenger on board a doomed plane that crashed into a mountain in central Iran - killing all 66 people on board - sent a chilling final photo to his girlfriend just before take-off.

The young man snapped an image of one of the plane's wings and propellers, and shared it with his partner in a mobile phone chat.

He wrote “May God protect us to arrive safe", reported Tehran-based journalist Natalie Amiri of German broadcaster ARD.

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