Iranian passenger plane crashes

September 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.

September 8th, 2009 PARIS - Aviation insurance companies are experiencing one of their worst years on record due to a number of costly plane crashes, according to information released at a meeting of global reinsurance companies in Monte Carlo. According to estimates, three plane crashes this year will force insurers to pay more than $1.3 billion (930 million euros) in compensation.

August 12th, 2009 Plane crashes in woods near NJ airport; 2 injuredSUSSEX, N.J. — A small plane has crashed nose down in a stream after taking off from a northwestern New Jersey airport, injuring the two men on board.

July 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.

July 15th, 2009 List of plane crashes in IranA list of plane crashes in Iran: — July 15, 2009: A Caspian Airlines Tu-154M crashes in a field in northwest Iran, killing all 168 passengers and crew on board. — Nov. 27, 2006: An Iranian military plane crashed shortly after takeoff killing 36 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards.

July 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.

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.

July 15th, 2009 TEHRAN, Iran — A passenger plane carrying 150 people crashed Wednesday in northwest Iran, and all on board were feared dead, state media reported. The Caspian Airlines jet was heading from Tehran to the Armenian capital Yerevan when it crashed near the village of Jannatabad outside the city of Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran, state television said.

July 15th, 2009 State TV: 168 killed in Iran plane crashTEHRAN, Iran — State TV says 168 people were killed when a passenger plane crashed Wednesday in northwest Iran. Iranian Civil Aviation Organization spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh had told state television that 153 passengers and 15 crewmembers were on the Russian-made Caspian Airlines jet that had been headed from Tehran to the Armenian capital yerevan.

July 14th, 2009 Bride's bouquet crashes plane in ItalyROME — A romantic wedding in the Tuscan countryside ended with injuries after an attempt to launch the bride's bouquet from a plane brought down the tiny aircraft. Italian police say two people were hurt in the crash of the ultralight plane after the bridal bouquet they launched got caught in the aircraft's rear rotor.

July 10th, 2009 2 die as small plane crashes near Vancouver, B.C.VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Officials in Canada say a small passenger plane on final approach to Vancouver International Airport crashed near an IKEA store, killing both people on board. An airport spokeswoman says the plane nose-dived around 10 p.m.

June 30th, 2009 SANA'A - A Yemen Airways passenger plane with 150 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean island of Comoros early Tuesday, a company official confirmed. "The plane crashed in the sea 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled time of arrival in Moroni," the official told DPA.

May 6th, 2009 2 killed as small plane crashes at Florida airportLANTANA, Fla. — Authorities say two people are dead after a single-engine plane crashed into an unoccupied aircraft on the ground at a south Florida airport.

April 29th, 2009 Congo governor reports plane crash; no detailsKINSHASA, Congo — A provincial governor says a plane has crashed southeast of Congo's capital. There is no word on casualties or whether it is a cargo or passenger plane.

April 29th, 2009 Small plane crashes in Ohio after leaving airportMAYFIELD, Ohio — The Federal Aviation Administration says a single-engine plane has crashed in a Cleveland suburb. FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory says the plane went down Tuesday afternoon in Mayfield Village, just after taking off from the Cuyahoga County Airport.