Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 DEC 1952 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL |
| Operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | EP-ACJ |
| C/n / msn: | 9692 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tehran (Iran) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Abadan Airport (ABD/OIAA), Iran |
| Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
Crashed on landing.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Abadan Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 653 km (408 miles).
Distance from Abadan Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 653 km (408 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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