A military cargo plane crashed near the Iranian capital Tehran with at least 10 people onboard, local media reported on Monday.
IRNA news agency reported that the cargo plane was bound for Iran’s Payam International Ariport in the city of Karaj west 0f Tehran, from the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek.
The agency quoted Iran Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh as saying that several teams have been dispatched to the crash scene.
“The plane was a cargo Boeing 707 that overshot the runway during its landing,” Jafarzadeh said.
IRNA also quoted an official of CAO as saying on condition of anonymity that the Boeing-707 was mistakenly landed at Fath Airport in Karaj, while the pilot could not control the plane on the runway, IRNA reported
The pilot was not able to control the plane while boarding the Fath Airport runway and the plane caught fire after hitting the walls of the airport in the vicinity of a residential area, the official added.
Fars news agency said there were 16 people onboard and that only the flight engineer had survived.
For its part, Tasnim news agency said it was a military cargo plane carrying meat from the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek.
Source: Agencies
