Iran passenger plane crashes: 48 dead

Tehran: A regional passenger plane assembled in Iran crashed Sunday while taking off from the country's capital, Tehran, killing 39 and injuring another nine onboard, according to a senior transportation official and state media.
Deputy Minister of Transportation Ahmad Majidi provided the latest casualty figures in an appearance on state TV. The channel earlier reported that all 48 people onboard had died.


The aircraft, an IrAn-140 typically used for short domestic flights, crashed near Tehran's Mehrabad airport. The plane went down in a residential area after one of its engines went out, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported.
The plane was operated by Sepahan Air and was heading to Tabas, a town in eastern Iran. It took off at 9:20 a.m. local time (0450 GMT) and crashed shortly afterward.

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