46 people injured as Iranian passenger plane crash-lands

A RUSSIAN-MADE Iranian passenger plane carrying 157 passengers and 13 crew crash-landed in northeastern Iran yesterday injuring at least 46 people, state television reported.

The broadcast quoted Iran’s civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh as saying no one was killed in the accident. He gave no indication of what might have caused the accident.

The Taban Air plane caught fire upon landing at Mashhad airport at 7.20am local time (03.50 GMT). State television said part of the Tupolev aircraft burned and the left wing and under-carriage were torn off.