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AP Graphic IRAN PLANE CRASH
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A plane carrying at least 250 people, most military personnel, crashed in southern Iran on Wednesday, state-run Tehran television reported.
The plane was on a domestic route from Zahedan, on the Pakistan border, to Kerman, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) southeast of Tehran. It crashed about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from its destination, near the city of Shahdad.
The television report said the plane lost contact with the control tower at 5:30 p.m. local time (1400 GMT).
The report said the plane was a Russian-made Antonov aircraft and that its more than 250 passengers were mostly military.
It said there were no more details available on the crash.
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