46 injured after plane crash lands in Iran

10:31, 25 January 2010

TEHRAN. January 25. KAZINFORM. A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying 157 passengers and 13 crew crash landed in northeastern Iran on Sunday, injuring at least 46 people, national television reported; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

The broadcast quoted Iran's civil aviation spokesman, Reza Jafarzadeh, as saying that 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 7:20 am local time (0350 GMT). The injured have been taken to hospitals in Mashhad, the report added.

"The plane took off from Isfahan airport at 5:35 a.m. local time Sunday ... Despite bad weather and minimum visibility, the pilot made an emergency landing because a passenger was ill. But the incident then happened during landing," he said.

Jafarzadeh said the plane was seriously damaged. National television added that part of the aircraft had burned and the left wing and undercarriage were torn off; Kazinform cites China Daily. See www.chinadaily.com.cn for full version.

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