Pesawat Jatuh di Pemukiman Penduduk di Teheran, 38 Tewas
Plane Crashes in Residential Area of Tehran Shortly After Take-off Killing 38
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Teheran (B2B) - Satu pesawat penumpang mengalami kecelakaan di dekat Bandar Udara Mehrabad di Ibu Kota Iran, Teheran, Minggu, dan menewaskan tak kurang dari 38 orang, kata stasiun televisi setempat.
Kantor berita Iran, IRNA, sebelumnya melaporkan pesawat itu sedang dalam penerbangan ke Tabas, Kota Besar di Iran Timur, dari Teheran, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Pesawat tersebut milik Taban Airlines dan dilaporkan membawa 40 penumpang serta mengalami kecelakaan tak lama setelah lepas-landas.
Tehran - An Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday moments after takeoff from Tehran, killing at least 38 on board and narrowly avoiding many more deaths when it plummeted near a busy market.
The plane was headed to the eastern city of Tabas, the IRNA and Fars news agencies said, when it crashed at 9.18 am (0448 GMT), after leaving Mehrabad airport.
It triggered a fireball when it smashed into the capital´s Azadi neighbourhood, close to where hundreds of military families live, and only a few hundred metres (yards) from a row of shops.
