C130 down in Tehran
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C130 down in Tehran
Sky reporting a C130 coming into land at Tehran airport has crashed into a residential area. 80 pax + 10 crew. Heavily populated area.
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TEHRAN, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A military aircraft with more than 90 people on board crashed into a densely populated district of Tehran and exploded, setting a 10-storey building ablaze, police and local news agencies said. The state IRNA news agency said 10 bodies had been recovered from the crash site amid rescue efforts hampered by fire.
The C-130 transport plane had apparently been trying to make an emergency landing at Mehrabad international airport when it hit an apartment block in the Shahrak-e Towhid neighbourhood. Witnesses told IRNA the whole building seemed to be ablaze.
"It is awful down here. I am suffocating," Red Crescent official Shahram Alamdari told Reuters by telephone from the scene, before hanging up.
The district is inhabited by members of the military and their families, and lies on the flightpath to Mehrabad airport. IRNA said 94 people were on board the C-130. The semi-official Fars news agency put the number at 106. The Fars agency quoted police as saying they feared the casualty toll would be heavy.
The C-130 transport plane had apparently been trying to make an emergency landing at Mehrabad international airport when it hit an apartment block in the Shahrak-e Towhid neighbourhood. Witnesses told IRNA the whole building seemed to be ablaze.
"It is awful down here. I am suffocating," Red Crescent official Shahram Alamdari told Reuters by telephone from the scene, before hanging up.
The district is inhabited by members of the military and their families, and lies on the flightpath to Mehrabad airport. IRNA said 94 people were on board the C-130. The semi-official Fars news agency put the number at 106. The Fars agency quoted police as saying they feared the casualty toll would be heavy.
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BBC Radio reports that the aircraft dates back to the era of the Shah, since when no spares have been available from the USA. Furthermore, the accident was made worse (sic) because the aircraft was carrying a full load of fuel.
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Great quote from BBC world news.
""In 2003, an Iranian Ilyushin-76 troop carrier crashed in south-east Iran killing all 276 Revolutionary Guard soldiers and crew aboard.
Officials blame the high frequency of crashes on a lack of aviation spare parts due to US sanctions. "
""In 2003, an Iranian Ilyushin-76 troop carrier crashed in south-east Iran killing all 276 Revolutionary Guard soldiers and crew aboard.
Officials blame the high frequency of crashes on a lack of aviation spare parts due to US sanctions. "
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The similar accident occurred 24 years ago, on September 29, 1981. Another C-130 crashed on approach in Kahrizak neighborhood, approximately 10 km from this day place. Then 80 people were killed (60 onboard and 20 on the ground). Among the victims was the Defence Minister of Iran.
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Am I the only one to find it sad that there is no message of condolences, or thoughts and prayers for the victims, on this thread, as there usually is when an accident is reported on pprune? Is it because of the nationality or religion of the victims?
Sad, very sad.
Sad, very sad.
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Mrs G-CPTN's reaction was "I suppose the pilot was Iranian." . . .
This stunned me into silence. The thought had never entered my mind either way. I suppose if it had been a western airline, then someone here might have known the crew, and condolences could already have been expressed.
This stunned me into silence. The thought had never entered my mind either way. I suppose if it had been a western airline, then someone here might have known the crew, and condolences could already have been expressed.
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I watched the 6pm BBC News tonight, and was shocked to see this as a report in the fourth or fifth ranking. It was not reported until much later on in the Bulletins. I find that sad.
100 or so people dead and a smoking apartment block, and it was given no prominence at all.
100 or so people dead and a smoking apartment block, and it was given no prominence at all.
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I watched the 6pm BBC News tonight, and was shocked to see this as a report in the fourth or fifth ranking. It was not reported until much later on in the Bulletins. I find that sad.
100 or so people dead and a smoking apartment block, and it was given no prominence at all.
100 or so people dead and a smoking apartment block, and it was given no prominence at all.
But in the news business, it's a not-too-unusual event in a distant land where a hundred deaths happen more-or-less routinely.
(I seem to recall that foreign aid was welcomed during the Bam earthquake, so long as it didn't come from Israel. "Better an Iranian should die, than be saved by a Jew" was the official word.)
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About the condolences - Danny sensibly said recently that it would be better were these to be taken as read rather than repeated throughout a thread concerning an accident.
I don't think it's a reaction to the occupation of the victims...
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I don't think it's a reaction to the occupation of the victims...
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Am I the only one to find it sad that there is no message of condolences, or thoughts and prayers for the victims, on this thread, as there usually is when an accident is reported on pprune? Is it because of the nationality or religion of the victims?
Seem to remember after the 737 crash in Greece that the moderator specifically said no condolences please. Perhaps this poster is one of those types that love to pull out the race card for their own racist personal gain...
Seem to remember after the 737 crash in Greece that the moderator specifically said no condolences please. Perhaps this poster is one of those types that love to pull out the race card for their own racist personal gain...
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>According intnl press, the commander had been forced by goverment to take an aircraft with a tech glib.
Well we all know not to apply for THAT vacancy then . . .
Well we all know not to apply for THAT vacancy then . . .