Dozens dead in Iranian plane fire: report - CTV.ca

Updated Fri. Sep. 1 2006 10:27 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff At least 80 people died Friday when a plane caught fire after landing at an airport in northeast Iran, state television reported. Dozens more were rescued from the flight -- operated by Iran Airtour -- which landed in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad from Bandar Abbas. "The flight had 147 passengers, some 80 of them died in the fire," the state television report said. Previously, 60 people were reported killed. Iranian state television ...