An ATR-72-212 airplane which operated as Iran Aseman Airlines flight 3704 and originated in Tehran on its way to Yasuj in Iran has reportedly crashed into Mount Dena near Semirom earlier this morning, Sunday, February 18, 2018, with at least 60 passengers and six members of the flight crew aboard the aircraft — none of whom survived, according to the airline.
No Survivors of Iran Aseman Airlines Airplane Crash in Iran
The cause of the crash is still unclear at this time; although thick fog is thought to be the reason. The aircraft — which was almost 25 years old, as it was built in 1993 — disappeared from the radar almost 50 minutes after taking off from Tehran at approximately 40 nautical miles north of Yasuj.
BREAKING: Iran's Aseman Airlines says plane crash in southern Iran has killed all 66 people on board.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 18, 2018
These are photographs of an airplane similar to the one that crashed:
#ATR72 pic.twitter.com/mKBHjVDpGD
— Iran Aseman Airlines | هواپیمایی آسمان (@asemanairlines) February 17, 2018
#ATR72 pic.twitter.com/pqPfLUVnWM
— Iran Aseman Airlines | هواپیمایی آسمان (@asemanairlines) November 9, 2017
Because of the thick fog, rescue helicopters were unable to land in the area near the crash site.
Summary
This is the second fatal crash of an airplane on a short domestic flight within a week, as on Sunday, February 11, 2018, an Antonov AN-148-100 airplane which operated as Saratov Airlines flight 703 crashed near Dergayevo in the Ramensky District in Russia. None of the 65 passengers and six members of the flight crew aboard the aircraft — which originated in Moscow on its way to Orsk — survived that crash either.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and colleagues of the occupants of the doomed aircraft in Iran.
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