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Article: Jet crash after takeoff kills all aboard
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- July 16, 2009
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TEHRAN, Iran - A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying
168 people crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into a
field northwest of the capital and shattering into flaming pieces.
All on board were killed in Iran's worst air disaster in six years,
officials said.
Before crashing, the plane's tail was on fire as it circled in
the air, one witness told The Associated Press.
"Then, I saw the plane crashing nose-down. It hit the ground
causing a big explosion. The impact shook the ground like an
earthquake. Then, plane pieces were scattered all over the
agricultural fields," Ali Akbar Hashemi, a 23-year-old who was
laying gas pipes in a nearby home, told AP by phone.
The ...