Aseman Airlines plane, en route from Tehran to the south-western city of Yasuj, came down in the Zagros mountains.The Red Crescent deployed search and rescue teams to the site near the city of Semirom in Isfahan province. Flight EP 3704 left Tehran at 08:00 local time (04:30 GMT) and disappeared from radar about an hour later. The aircraft crashed on Dena Mountain, 22km (14 miles) from Yasuj, news channel Irinn reported. The plane was a French-made twin-engine turboprop ATR 72-500. On board 60 passengers, 2 security guards, 2 flight attendants and the pilot and co-pilot.
No survivors.
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The aircraft involved is a 24 year old ATR 72. Registration EP-ATS. MSN 391.According to FR24 logs flight took off at 04:33 UTC. Last signal was received at 05:55 UTC when flight was at 16,975 feet and descending. FR24 state they can only use MLAT for tracking as the six types of the airline carry old type xpdrs.
Last edited by A0283; 18th Feb 2018 at 10:31.