Sunday, 3 July 2016

Plane crash in Iran leaves one dead



A trainer plane of aviation training centre of Iran’s flag carrier – Iran Air crashed in the northern province of Alborz on July 2, Fars news agency reported.



There were two people onboard the plane – a student pilot and an instructor, Iran Civil Aviation Organization’s Public Relations Director Reza Jafarzadeh said, adding the student was killed in the incident.

He further said the Civil Aviation Organization sent an incident investigation team to the crash location to investigate the issue.

Earlier, on June 5 a PC-7 light trainer aircraft of an air force base near the city of Isfahan crashed due to technical problems.

The aircraft's pilot and co-pilot were injured in the accident.

On April 27, an F-7 jet trainer of Iran's army crashed in a desert near the city of Naein in Isfahan province. However, the aircraft's pilot and co-pilot managed to bail out in safety.

(culled from trend.az)

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