At least 128 dead, 90 injured after plane hits building in Tehran Last Updated Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:20:50 EST
CBC News
At least 128 people are dead and at least another 90 injured after an Iranian military transport plane crashed Tuesday into a 10-storey apartment building in Tehran.
Iranian state radio says all 94 people on board the plane died, including 84 passengers and 10 crew. At least 34 people on the ground were also killed.
Another 90 people have been injured, the state radio said.
The plane, which was trying to make an emergency landing, smashed a hole in the top of the building as it crashed. The building was engulfed in flames.
As well, wreckage hit a nearby gas station and debris landed on cars.
"I felt the heat of the fire caused by the crash," Reza Sadeqi, who saw the plane hit the building, told the Associated Press.
"It was like an earthquake," she said.
"The force of the crash threw me about three metres inside my shop."
People living in the building were seen fleeing the complex, one of a series of high rises in Tehran's Azari district, which is densely populated.
The official news agency, IRNA, says 10 bodies had been removed from the crash site.
Meanwhile, a large, angry crowd has gathered as people try to get near the crash site to check on relatives and friends living in the area.
The crowd is angry, McDowall said. "They obviously want to get in."
But, he said, the crowd is being pushed back by police.
Iason Sowden of Global Radio News in Tehran told CBC News the scene was one of complete chaos, and that the flames were hampering rescue efforts.
Sowden also said that one wing of the plane was lying in front of the building.
It's not yet known what caused the crash which happened at around 2:10 p.m. local time in Tehran. The plane, a C-130 military transport, crashed shortly after taking off from the city's Mehrabad airport.
IRNA said many of those on board the plane were Iranian journalists who were heading to the southern city of Bandar Abbas cover a military manoeuvre in southern Iran.
At least 128 dead, 90 injured after plane hits building in Tehran Last Updated Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:20:50 EST CBC News
At least 128 people are dead and at least another 90 injured after an Iranian military transport plane crashed Tuesday into a 10-storey apartment building in Tehran.
Iranian state radio says all 94 people on board the plane died, including 84 passengers and 10 crew. At least 34 people on the ground were also killed.
Another 90 people have been injured, the state radio said. The plane, which was trying to make an emergency landing, smashed a hole in the top of the building as it crashed. The building was engulfed in flames.
As well, wreckage hit a nearby gas station and debris landed on cars.
"I felt the heat of the fire caused by the crash," Reza Sadeqi, who saw the plane hit the building, told the Associated Press.
"It was like an earthquake," she said.
"The force of the crash threw me about three metres inside my shop."
People living in the building were seen fleeing the complex, one of a series of high rises in Tehran's Azari district, which is densely populated.
The official news agency, IRNA, says 10 bodies had been removed from the crash site.
Meanwhile, a large, angry crowd has gathered as people try to get near the crash site to check on relatives and friends living in the area.
The crowd is angry, McDowall said. "They obviously want to get in."
But, he said, the crowd is being pushed back by police.
Iason Sowden of Global Radio News in Tehran told CBC News the scene was one of complete chaos, and that the flames were hampering rescue efforts.
Sowden also said that one wing of the plane was lying in front of the building.
It's not yet known what caused the crash which happened at around 2:10 p.m. local time in Tehran. The plane, a C-130 military transport, crashed shortly after taking off from the city's Mehrabad airport.
IRNA said many of those on board the plane were Iranian journalists who were heading to the southern city of Bandar Abbas cover a military manoeuvre in southern Iran.
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broken_iris wrote:
I blame the Jews.
Damn it, as soon as I read the article I felt the desire to put the blame squarely on the international Jewish community, and perhaps the CIA. Because they're all Jews there you know. Dirty baby eating Jews.
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