Iran military plane crashesSeptember 22nd, 2009 TEHRAN - An Iranian military aircraft crashed in the south of Tehran Tuesday in a military parade marking the anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
The military plane, which was taking part in air manoeuvres during the parade, crashed in a village just outside Tehran, IRNA news agency said, without specifying the type of the crashed plane and casualties.
Two killed in Iran plane crashAugust 15th, 2009 TEHRAN - An Iranian training plane crashed west of Tehran Saturday killing two people on board, a media report said. The plane crashed a few minutes after take off from Payam airport at 7.00 a.m., the Mehr news agency reported citing Mohammadali Zohoori, manager of the Payam International Airport in Karaj city.
Urumqi-bound plane turned back to Afghanistan following bomb threatAugust 10th, 2009 KABUL - A plane flying from Afghanistan to Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was refused permission to land after it was reported that there was a bomb onboard. The official Xinhua news agency quoted armed police sources as saying on Monday that Urumqi airport had received an order from the aviation authorities to deny the plane's landing in the city.
Iranian plane forced to make emergency landingJuly 26th, 2009 TEHRAN - An Iranian plane had to make an emergency landing here Sunday right after taking off, IRNA reported. The Tupelev airplane, owned by Iranian airline Mahan, was on its way from Tehran to the Persian Gulf port of Mahshahr when it was forced to return to the capital's Mehrabad airport.
17 killed in Iran plane accidentJuly 24th, 2009 TEHRAN - At least 17 people were killed and 19 injured Friday when an Iranian plane caught fire while landing in the northeast city of Mashad. An official from the local governor's office said that the Russian-made Ilyushin belonging to the private airline Arya caught fire and crashed into a wall at the side of the airport runway.
Remains of Iran crash victims transferred to coroner's officeJuly 16th, 2009 TEHRAN - The remains of all 168 victims of a crashed Iranian passenger plane have been transferred to a coroner's office, the head of the rescue team Ahmad Majidi said Thursday. Majidi told the Fars news agency that the remains collected by the Red Crescent after Wednesday's crash were taken initially to Qazvin in northwestern Iran but would be transferred later Thursday to the coroner's office in Tehran for identification.
150 people killed in Iran plane crashJuly 15th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iranian state television on Wednesday said 150 people had died in plane crash in the north western part of the country. The official IRNA news agency said that the plane was traveling from Tehran to Yerevan in Armenia.
Iranian passenger plane crashes, all feared dead: Report (Second Lead)July 15th, 2009 TEHRAN - An Iranian passenger plane crashed Wednesday near the country's northwestern city of Qazvin and all 150 people on board were feared killed, Press TV reported. The Russian-made Tupolev plane went down near the Jannatabad village near Qazvin at 11.33 a.m.
Iran's passenger plane crashes, 150 on board feared killedJuly 15th, 2009 TEHRAN - An Iranian passenger plane crashed near the country's northwestern city of Gazvin and all 150 people on board were feared killed, IRNA news agency said Wednesday. Iran's Press TV quoted Gazvin police chief as saying that 150 people on board the aircraft were "most probably" dead.
Iranian passenger plane crashesJuly 15th, 2009 TEHRAN - An Iranian passenger plane Wednesday crashed in Qazvin province northwest of the capital Tehran, the news network Khabar reported. The plane belonged to Caspian Airlines and was flying with 150 passengers to Yerevan, Armenia.
Pilot who dropped nuclear bomb on Nagasaki deadJune 5th, 2009 LONDON - The co-pilot of a plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in Japan, has died of congestive heart failure at the age of 88. harles Donald Albury died in a hospital on May 23, The Telegraph reports.
Brazil confirms finding missing plane's debrisJune 3rd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the debris of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in the Atlantic Ocean. A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane found a "set of fragments" spread over a five-kilometre radius some 640 km off the island Fernando de Noronha, Jobim said.
Brazil confirms missing plane debris foundJune 3rd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the remains of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in the Atlantic Ocean. A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane found a "set of fragments" spread over a five-kilometre radius some 640 km off the island Fernando de Noronha, Jobim said.
Bomb found on plane forces return of Iranian passenger plane minutes after takeoffMay 31st, 2009 Bomb discovery forces return of Iranian planeTEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian airliner was forced to return to a southern airport minutes after takeoff when a homemade bomb was found aboard, said state television, in an incident a security official called a "sabotage operation."
The report said the bomb was found in a toilet, but gave no other details on the device. The incident took place late Saturday night.
Bomb blast at Iranian mosque kills 15May 28th, 2009 TEHRAN - At least 15 people were killed and scores of others injured in a bomb explosion at a mosque in southeastern Iran Thursday, IRNA reported. The incident occurred at the 'Amir Al-Momenin' mosque in Zahedan city, said the report without giving more details.
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