Iran cargo aircraft crashes, killing 15 crew

Shahram Sharifi

The BBC has reported that a cargo plane has crashed into a house in Tehran, killing 15 people. The Boeing 707 came off the runway at Fath Airport, smashing through a wall before hitting the house. Only one of the 16 crew was pulled from the wreckage alive. According to a spokesperson for Iran’s army, all those involved in the crash were Iranian citizens. The Saha Air military plane was transporting lamb meat to Iran from Kyrgyzstan.

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