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Iranian passenger plane crash - 117 feared dead

•Tuesday, 12 February 2002•3 min read

All 117 passengers onboard an Iranian passenger plane are believed to have been killed when it crashed into mountains in Western Iran earlier today.

The plane, operated by Iran Air Tours – sister company to state carrier Iran Air – had left the capital Tehran on Tuesday morning heading for Khorramabad.

The cause of the crash is still unclear. Search teams have been sent to the area.