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Article: Iranian Air Force aircraft hits Iran Air A300 at Mehrabad International Airport.(Brief Article)
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- February 3, 2000
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An Iran Air Airbus 300 was hit at Tehran`s Mehrabad International Airport on 2 February by an Iranian Air Force C-130 aircraft preparing to take off.
The collision resulted in death for between six to eight people onboard the two aircraft and occurred as the Iran Air A300 was taxiing to a hanger for repair work along a runway that the C-130 aircraft was using to take off in order to conduct a test flight.
There were no passengers on the A300, but there were airport workers onboard and it is not known exactly how many ...