DUBAI - 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, Iranian state
media reported.
Initial reports said that all passengers and crew
on board had been killed, but state media later
reported that some passengers had been injured
and transferred to hospital.
Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said that
eight or nine had survived and quoted a doctor
as saying that one of the injured had regained
consciousness.
State television said 38 people died instantly and
10 were injured and were transferred to hospital
in critical condition.
Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported
that five had been taken to hospital, but cited a
doctor at Imam Hospital as saying they had
died.
The Civil Aviation Authority said the passengers
included two infants and three children under
the age of 12, IRNA reported.
Source:StandardMedia
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