29 killed when Iranian jetliner skids off runway - CTV.ca

Updated Fri. Sep. 1 2006 11:40 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff An Iranian jetliner skidded off the runway and burst into flames in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Friday, killing at least 29 of the 148 people on board, Iran's aviation chief said. The plane slid off the runway, "then its left wing hit the ground and caught fire," Nourollah Rezai Niaraki, chairman of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, said in a TV interview. Iran's state television had earlier reported that 80 people had died in the ...