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flyboy2
24th Apr 2005, 11:03
Date: 20 APR 2005
Time: ca 22:05 local
Type: Boeing 707-3J9C
Operator: Saha Air
Registration: EP-SHE
Msn / C/n: 21127/915
Year built: 1976
Crew: 0 fatalities / 12 on board
Passengers: 3 fatalities / 157 on board
Total: 3 fatalities / 169 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) (Iran)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Kish Island Airport (KIH)
Destination airport: Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR)
After touchdown on runway 29L problems with the undercarriage (failure of a landing gear or tyre burst) caused the Boeing 707 to slide off the runway into the Kan River. Three passengers were killed after they fell into the river during the evacuation.

Source: Khaleej Times, Reuters; IRNA; CAO Iran