Iranian Plane Crashes near Tehran

[Vassili Zaitzev]

Iranian plane crashes into field, killing all 168 - Yahoo! News

Unfortunately, nobody survived the crash after takeoff.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Cripes, what's up with gravity lately???? At least it was not an Airbus.

 

[Vassili Zaitzev]

Won't know for certain until the black boxes are recovered and anaylzed, but I'm putting my money on mechanical failure.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

I hope they find out what caused it to crash and can use that information to help make planes even more safe.


Wheels

 

[seesul]

I´ve read there´s a very bad A/Cs maintainance in this area.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Damn this is not a good year at all for aviation!

 

[Gnomey]

Damn, it isn't a good year at all. This one is bound to be mechanical though because of the poor safety record and lack of spare parts around.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I read that the black boxes were destroyed.