A passenger plane has crashed in Tehran.
Some 30 persons have been killed.
Early on Sunday, at 06:48 Swedish time, crashing a passenger plane from the airline Taban air associated with it took off from Mehrabad airport in the Iranian capital Tehran, writes AFP.
According to Iranian state television, a 30 people have died in the crash, several of which were children. First it was said that all on board had perished. But later reported news agency IRNA that a dozen of the 48 victims had survived and been taken to hospital, writes Reuters.
The aircraft from Taban Airlines was on
It was the model of Iran-141, a smaller model built in Iran with Ukrainian technology. The plane was used according to the AP for domestic flights.
The plane must have crashed in a residential area west of the airport. Iranian state television reports the AP that the plane must have crashed into a residential building. There is currently no information on deaths or injuries on the ground.
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