Caspian Airlines Crash: 'Many Dead' updated

by Babel-Fish | July 15, 2009 at 01:42 am

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All 168 passengers and crew have died in a Caspian Airlines plane crash in the north of Iran, officials say.

Wreckage was spread over a large area in a field in Jannatabad village, Qazvin province, about 75 miles (120km) north-west of Tehran, state TV said.

The Tupolev plane was flying from the Iranian capital to Yerevan in Armenia, with mostly Armenian passengers.

The cause of the crash, which happened soon after take-off, was not known. Witnesses said it dropped from the sky.

No survivors the plane plummeted to the ground and exploded on impact, there have been no reports of fowl play as yet, it would seem to just a very tragic and unfortunate accident caused by pilot error or a electric or mechanical malfunction as the plane seemingly in one piece before impact.

Remembering an article concerning an attempt to place a bomb a day or so ago, the early reports gave an unfounded view that this crash could of been an attempt of terrorism, but that is very doubtful and made so by news updates after the news broke on the wires.

TEHRAN, Iran - Security personnel defused a homemade bomb found on an aircraft during a domestic flight in Iran late on Saturday, Iranian media said, two days after a mosque bombing killed 25 people in the country's southeast.

This link to BBC news has been constantly updated live by the BBC and i have now uploaded videos from the scene of the crash. The damage and wreckage is so awesome that I fear the black boxes may of been destroyed and that of course will be confirmed if that is the case or not as more news comes in from the media in Iran.

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sara star

at 03:11 on July 15th, 2009

Thank you for pointing out the earlier incident in Iran, where they found a bomb.

Babel-Fish

at 06:36 on July 15th, 2009

The BBC video of the accident site

The original story has been updated by the BBC and evidently the eye witness story is the plane fell from the sky and not fell apart in the air as the first report indicated.

An eyewitness said the plane dropped out of the sky and exploded on impact.

Iranian media reported officials confirming the deaths.

Mohammad Reza Montazer Khorasan, the head of the disaster management centre at Iran's health ministry said: "All people aboard... the crashed plane are dead," according to AFP news agency.

The Qazvin Fire Department Chief said residents began calling emergency services about noon local time after seeing thick smoke.

"After going to the crash scene and scouting, we found that the area of the disaster is very wide and wreckage of the crashed plane have been thrown around as far as 150 to 200m," he said.

Television footage showed a massive crater in a field, with smoldering debris over a wide area.

It would seem my first analysis is incorrect that a bomb was involved and there is now every indication that this crash was caused by pilot error or a malfunction. It really does not look like a bomb was involved. Obviously the fuel tanks where full and that's the main reason for the explosion when the plane hit the ground.

The BBC constantly update there web pages as extra news arrives so please do not get confused at the Breaking news being corrected live at BBC.com and the information given in the seeded article.

albertacowpoke

at 06:50 on July 15th, 2009

"Their plane, according to Fars (News Agency), had reported some sort of technical problems and was attempting to return to the airport to make an emergency landing. Unfortunately the airplane caught fire and then crashed," he said.

A spokesperson for the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization said the plane was carrying 153 passengers and 15 crew members at the time of the crash.

Most of the passengers were Armenian, though some Georgian citizens were on board the plane, a Caspian Airlines representative told The Associated Press. A Russian news agency reported that some Russian nationals had also been on board the Tupolev aircraft.

One witness told the IRNA news agency that the plane's tail had burst into flames and circled in the air, moments before plunging into the ground.

Babel-Fish

at 07:15 on July 15th, 2009

If that is so it could of been a small bomb of incendiary device? But Jon Leyne

Jon Leyne, BBC News Iran has a notoriously bad air safety record. Because of sanctions imposed by the United States, Iran relies on an increasingly ageing fleet of airliners, and has trouble buying spares.
There are tales of aircrew buying spare parts on flights to Europe, then sneaking them back to Iran in the cockpit. While those sanctions don't apply to aircraft from Russia and Ukraine, many planes from those countries in the Iranian fleet also appear well past their best.

For some people, flying in Iran can be a nerve-wracking experience. Stepping on board, it often becomes quickly apparent you are in a plane that has done many years service.

There are also frequent delays because of the shortage of aircraft. Iranian engineers and aircrew do their best to keep their fleets in service.

is I think more likely to be spot on.

Babel-Fish

at 06:57 on July 15th, 2009

Amitjha artiticle concerning the crash from another news source.

Barbara McPherson

at 10:17 on July 15th, 2009

I flew in a Tupolev plane a couple of times and would not choose to do so again.

158

at 14:50 on July 15th, 2009

Good report.

Thanks.

chen jian (not verified)

at 05:19 on July 16th, 2009

YunFeng (Knowing, Deviner)had already predicted air accidents and air crashes of "Asia, Africa, and Europe" on Feb 20, 2009! There are more than 80 air crashes and air accidents that happened in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5832921/150-people-feared-dead-in-Iran-plane-crash.html

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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.

Babel-Fish

at 19:41 on July 16th, 2009

The black boxes from the Iranian airliner that crashed northwest of Tehran yesterday killing all 168 people on board have been recovered from the site, Iran television reported today.

The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-154M run by Caspian Airlines came down in farmland near the city of Qazvin about 15 minutes into its flight bound for Yerevan, Armenia.

The crash was the third involving an Iranian Tu-154 in seven years.

“Iran has recovered two black boxes from the passenger plane that crashed,” Iran’s English language television station Press TV reported.

Its suprising how these boxes survived explosion seemingly they are practical indistrutible

chen jian (not verified)

at 19:01 on July 19th, 2009

http://www.512-china.org/YunFengEnglisthVersion.html

(We are editing the summary predictions of YunFeng Master)

Air Crashes and Air Accidents (Asia, Africa, Europe)
    YunFeng (Knowing, Deviner)had already predicted air accidents and air crashes of "Asia, Africa, and Europe" on Feb 20, 2009! There are more than 80 air crashes and air accidents that happened in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
http://cishanxingdao.blog.sohu.com/115980100.html (Detail of total air accidents and air crashes)
    Yemen belongs to Asia, France belongs to Europe! YunFeng had already predicted this matter (Yemen Air Crash) and Air France Crash (228 people die). And those air crashes and air accidents will happen continually in Asia, Africa, and Europe! Until the people know us in the world.
    Below is latest air crashes and air accidents.

Pakistan copter prang(26 people die)(7/4)
Iraq: The scout of USA prang in Iraq! (7/6)
The United Nations: An airplane of United Nations was landing Darfur, Sudan on July 7. The front-wheel drive was break off suddenly. And it injured two people. (7/6)
Afghanistan: A copter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was prang in Afghanistan. There are three soldiers die.(7/7)
Afghanistan: A military copter of Canada was prang in Afghanistan. There are three soldiers die. (7/8)
The airliner of Japan took off failed two times, three hundred people are waiting change airplane. (7/9)
A iatrical copter of Taiwa was prang in the sea of Kinmen. (7/10)
A scheduled flight, Shanghai to Xian, met strong airflow and four people were injured.
A airplane of Northern Europe which has 41 passengers, emergency landing two times (7/13)
A copter was prang in the south of Afghanistan. (7/14)
A bride throw flower on the airplane, the flower was indrafted engine and airplane was prang. (7/15)
An airplane of Iran was prang, 150 people die (7/15)
A fighter plane of USA was prang in Afghanistan (7/18)
A copter was prang in the Afghanistan. (7/19)
A copter of USA was prang in the Baghdad. (7/19)
A bombing plane of China was prang. (7/20)
An airliner of China smoke in passenger compartment and forced landing. (7/20)
A copter of NATO was prang in Afghanistan. 16 people die, 5 people were injured. (7/20)

chen jian (not verified)

at 17:45 on July 24th, 2009

Air Crashes and Air Accidents in America, the earthquake in Europe and America
Written by Administrator

http://www.512-china.org/YunFengEnglisthVersion.html

(We are editing the summary predictions of YunFeng Master)

Air Crashes and Air Accidents (Asia, Africa, Europe)
YunFeng (Knowing, Deviner)had already predicted air accidents and air crashes of "Asia, Africa, and Europe" on Feb 20, 2009! There are more than 80 air crashes and air accidents that happened in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
http://cishanxingdao.blog.sohu.com/115980100.html (Detail of total air accidents and air crashes)
Yemen belongs to Asia, France belongs to Europe! YunFeng had already predicted this matter (Yemen Air Crash) and Air France Crash (228 people die). And those air crashes and air accidents will happen continually in Asia, Africa, and Europe! Until the people know us in the world.
Below is latest air crashes and air accidents.

* Pakistan copter prang(26 people die)(7/4)
* Iraq: The scout of USA prang in Iraq! (7/6)
* The United Nations: An airplane of United Nations was landing Darfur, Sudan on July 7. The front-wheel drive was break off suddenly. And it injured two people. (7/6)
* Afghanistan: A copter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was prang in Afghanistan. There are three soldiers die.(7/7)
* Afghanistan: A military copter of Canada was prang in Afghanistan. There are three soldiers die. (7/8)
* The airliner of Japan took off failed two times, three hundred people are waiting change airplane. (7/9)
* A iatrical copter of Taiwa was prang in the sea of Kinmen. (7/10)
* A scheduled flight, Shanghai to Xian, met strong airflow and four people were injured.
* A airplane of Northern Europe which has 41 passengers, emergency landing two times (7/13)
* A copter was prang in the south of Afghanistan. (7/14)
* A bride throw flower on the airplane, the flower was indrafted engine and airplane was prang. (7/15)
* An airplane of Iran was prang, 150 people die (7/15)
* A fighter plane of USA was prang in Afghanistan (7/18)
* A copter was prang in the Afghanistan. (7/19)
* A copter of USA was prang in the Baghdad. (7/19)
* A bombing plane of China was prang. (7/20)
* An airliner of China smoke in passenger compartment and forced landing. (7/20)
* A copter of NATO was prang in Afghanistan. 16 people die, 5 people were injured. (7/20)
* A copter of Russia was prang. 6 people die, 2 people were injured. (7/22)
* An airplane of Iran rolled out the runway and struck the wall, 17 people die and 19 people were injured. (7/24)

Air Crashes and Air Accidents (America)
YunFeng (Knowing, Deviner)warned on June 30 2009, a series of air crashes and accidents would happen in America in near future day.

* A Boeing Flight (737-800) was emergency landing on July 1! That's just a beginning!
* A commercial airliner with 128 passengers and crew made an emergency landing in Florida because smoke was detected in the cabin.
* A aviation accident (small airplane) and two people die in Canada. (7/10)
* A airplane, USA flies to London, smokes. 15 people were injured!(7/11)
* An airliner of USA was flying, the passenger compartment broke suddenly, emergency landing successfully, people took a picture for that. (7/14)
* A Boeing airliner (737) was broken an hole. (7/15)
* A small airplane was prang, 3 people die. (7/16)

http://www.icao.int/icaonet/dcs/9898/9898_en.pdf
Below data came from and I statistic the amount from Feb 20 to now

Accidents of aircraft with a certificated maximum take-off mass of more than 2 250 kg
involving passenger fatalities on scheduled air services
1988 – 2007

Year Aircraft accidents Passengers killed
1988| 25| 711
1989| 29| 879
1990| 25| 561
1991| 23| 517
1992| 24| 972
1993| 32| 883
1994| 23| 957
1995| 19| 528
1996| 21| 1152
1997| 24| 859
1998| 19| 856
1999| 19| 299
2000| 18| 755
2001| 11| 441
2002| 10| 653
2003| 7| 466
2004| 8| 175
2005 | 16| 694
2006| 8| 365
2007| 10| 581
2008|（None）
2009| 104（according to incomplete statistics）| 925（Feb 20 to now）

chen jian (not verified)

at 07:55 on August 2nd, 2009

chen jian (not verified)

at 17:37 on August 3rd, 2009

YunFeng (Knowing, Deviner)warned on June 30 2009, a series of air crashes and accidents would happen in America in near future day.

A Boeing Flight (737-800) was emergency landing on July 1! That's just a beginning!
A commercial airliner with 128 passengers and crew made an emergency landing in Florida because smoke was detected in the cabin.
A aviation accident (small airplane) and two people die in Canada. (7/10)
A airplane, USA flies to London, smokes. 15 people were injured!(7/11)
An airliner of USA was flying, the passenger compartment broke suddenly, emergency landing successfully, people took a picture for that. (7/14)
A Boeing airliner (737) was broken an hole. (7/15)
A small airplane was prang, 3 people die. (7/16)
The airport of New York shock by bomb. (8/2)
Forcing the aircraft to divert to Miami, Florida (at least 26 hurt as airliner hits turbulence). (8/3)

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