Plane with 105 aboard crashes in Iran
January 9th, 2011
12:50 PM ET

Plane with 105 aboard crashes in Iran

A passenger plane carrying 105 people crashed in a snowy and mountainous region of northwestern Iran on Sunday, news agencies in the country reported.

Several people suffered severe injuries but at least 50 people have been rescued, the news agencies said.

At least 10 people with severe wounds were hospitalized, an emergency services official, Mojtaba Khalebi, said, according to the semi-official Iranian Labor News Agency.

"The number of dead has not yet been determined because the priority is to save those that have been injured first," the news agency quoted him as saying. "Not all of the passengers have been killed. A number are still alive."

Severe weather at the crash site is making rescue operations difficult, he told the news agency.

Fifty to 60 people were taken from the plane with injuries, the Mehr news agency quoted Gholareza Masoomi, the head of Iran's Emergency Services, as saying.

"Fortunately, reports say that plane did not explode upon impact," and the crash may have happened when the plane was already nearing its destination and close to the ground, the news agency quoted him as saying.

The crash happened near Orumiyeh, a city in the mountainous Azarbaijan province, the semi-official Fars news agency said.

The IranAir aircraft crashed near Lake Orumiyeh, said Gholam-Reza Masoumi, head of the State Emergency Center in Iran, according to state-run Press TV.

The Boeing 727 took off from Tehran after a one-hour delay and was flying to Orumiyeh, Press TV said.

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soundoff (253 Responses)
  1. jlm

    too many breast.

    January 9, 2011 at 3:55 pm | Report abuse |
  2. jlm

    MUSLIMS DID IT

    January 9, 2011 at 3:57 pm | Report abuse |
  3. giggitty

    man it suck's being in a plane crash giggitty, giggitty goo

    January 9, 2011 at 4:02 pm | Report abuse |
  4. giggitty

    Blah man i'm serious this is real bad stuff I'm sorry for our loss of their families giggity giggitty goo!!!

    January 9, 2011 at 4:07 pm | Report abuse |
  5. xerxes

    NEWS NEWS pic form aircarft crasch
    http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1228608

    January 9, 2011 at 4:15 pm | Report abuse |
  6. Carlos

    This is thanks to the US embargo to Iran where they cannot buy new airplanes or spare parts for their planes. That is terrorism!

    January 9, 2011 at 4:18 pm | Report abuse |
  7. Ed

    They thought it was another spy plane... It is a shame that Russia doesn't have the gonads to do something about those idiots. It is just like China and North Korea....

    January 9, 2011 at 4:19 pm | Report abuse |
  8. Mohhamed Camel Mohhamed

    ....oh bugger.....

    January 9, 2011 at 4:22 pm | Report abuse |
  9. Mohhamed Camel Mohhamed

    Look what you filthy American pig dogs have done!
    Now I'm really cross. GRRRRRRRR

    January 9, 2011 at 4:24 pm | Report abuse |
    • Bobby

      go back to the middle east hadji. you muslim piece of crap

      January 9, 2011 at 4:32 pm | Report abuse |
    • Mohhamed Camel Mohhamed

      A Holy Jihad against Boeing and mostly the Zionist snow which did this.

      January 9, 2011 at 4:40 pm | Report abuse |
    • ali

      bobby. MCM is an anti-muslim bigot just like you. idiot.

      January 9, 2011 at 4:45 pm | Report abuse |
    • Mohhamed Camel Mohhamed

      Yes Bobby!! You mean you couldn't tell?

      January 9, 2011 at 4:46 pm | Report abuse |
  10. Zoy

    You guys, make a difference between Iranian people and politics, Iranian don't hate Americans in opposite to what you hear.. For your info there is a small minority who show hate to US because of benefits they get from government, just like everywhere in the world...
    Those killed were normal citizens like us, be respectful...

    January 9, 2011 at 4:26 pm | Report abuse |
    • Paul Nelson

      I have persian friends and they ALL say the same thing
      The Iranian people do not hate the US or the west
      Its the opposite-They admire our freedom and opportunity
      Only a small percentage of the Persians are crackpot religious zealots-Just like other religions!
      The rest are just normal people trying to live their lives....

      January 9, 2011 at 4:43 pm | Report abuse |
    • Mike in Maine

      I agree, these are human beings. These are fellow humans who have family, friends, and loved ones. Iran has been under sanction for years and sadly their airlines have suffered due to lack of spare parts and access to overhaul capacity.

      Some of the comments here make me disgusted to be a human.

      January 9, 2011 at 4:45 pm | Report abuse |
    • My Gerbil Is Called Clive

      Yes but Paul. Unfortunately the crackpot zealots are the ones who dictate what happens in the country.
      So unfortunately the good populace are the ones who are going to get bombed.

      January 9, 2011 at 4:52 pm | Report abuse |
    • BrassTacks

      Zoy – you are so correct. Thanks for that post. I only wish that more moderate Muslims would post on CNN and show some anger at the dictatorship happening in their native Iran. Most Iranians that I know are great people and are just like the rest of us. Unfortunately they are pigeon-holed in Iran because if they speak out against the Islamic Republic gov't, they will be taken away from their families and sometimes much worse.

      January 9, 2011 at 5:05 pm | Report abuse |
  11. The Restless Cheese

    See!. Every cloud has a silver lining.

    January 9, 2011 at 4:29 pm | Report abuse |
    • EmeraldCity

      In your case, it's tin foil.

      January 9, 2011 at 4:35 pm | Report abuse |
  12. TigerLily

    @ GrammerPIs
    Seriously?!

    January 9, 2011 at 4:29 pm | Report abuse |
  13. Pk

    Don't forget that the weather could have easily have played a significant part in today's crash. Let's not cast the blame on anyone untill the facts have been laid out. We have to pray for the victims and survivors of the crash, even if they worship in a different way than we do. After all, we are all trying to get to the same place, Heaven. As a side note on the age of planes, there are numerous DC-3's that are pushing 70 years old, and still flying!!

    January 9, 2011 at 4:30 pm | Report abuse |
    • SargeH

      However, there are still parts available for them.

      January 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm | Report abuse |
  14. Dan B.

    i need to poop.

    January 9, 2011 at 4:37 pm | Report abuse |
  15. arabs-suck

    Good.

    January 9, 2011 at 4:44 pm | Report abuse |
    • ali

      they weren't arab.

      January 9, 2011 at 4:46 pm | Report abuse |
    • I Have A Lovely Camel

      yer they were RagHeads not Arabs!
      Arabs are camel jockeys.
      Totally different

      January 9, 2011 at 4:49 pm | Report abuse |
    • SargeH

      Doofus: they were Iranians/Persians. Learn where to aim your stupidity.

      January 9, 2011 at 5:04 pm | Report abuse |
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