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Boeing cargo plane carrying 10 people crashes during landing in Iran

The plane hit a building after the pilot chose the wrong runway while trying to land at Fath airport in Alborz province, just east of Tehran

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AFP | PTI Tehran
Last Updated : Jan 14 2019 | 12:50 PM IST

A military cargo plane crashed near the Iranian capital Tehran with 10 people onboard, state TV reported Monday.

"The plane was a cargo Boeing 707 that overshot the runway during its landing," Iran's aviation organisation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told state broadcaster IRIB.

Conservative news agencies Fars and Tasnim said it was a military cargo plane carrying meat from the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek.

IRIB said the plane hit a building after the pilot chose the wrong runway while trying to land at Fath airport in Alborz province, just east of Tehran.

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First Published: Jan 14 2019 | 12:15 PM IST

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