Iran Aviation: they’d Rather Have Boeings……………..
“An Iranian passenger plane crashlanded Sunday in thick fog in the northeastern city of Mashhad and caught fire, injuring at least 46 people. Iranian officials told local news networks that the rear end of the Russian-built Tupolev 154 plane owned by Taban Airline and piloted by a Russian caught fire as the aircraft landed in the fog. "Forty-six people have been injured, but most of them are not serious," Javad Erfanian, head of disaster management of Khorasan Razavi said. He said that emergency services evacuated the passengers after which the rear end of the aircraft broke up. Both wings of the plane tore off and the rear end burnt. The plane travelling from Abadan in southwest Iran to Mashhad, had 157 passengers on board. Erfanian said the plane also had 13 crew members on board. The plane caught fire after passengers were evacuated………..”
I think they’d rather have Boeings, or at least Airbus.
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