Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 FEB 1993 |
| Time: | 14:16 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154M |
| Operator: | Iran Air Tours |
| Registration: | EP-ITD |
| C/n / msn: | 91A-903 |
| First flight: | 1991 |
| Engines: | 3 Soloviev D-30KU-154-II |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 119 / Occupants: 119 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 131 / Occupants: 131 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) (Iran)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
| Mashhad Airport (MHD/OIMM), Iran |
Mid-air collision between a Tu-154 (departing from runway 29R) and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi SU-24 (on VFR approach to runway 29L).
Events:
Sources:
» Air Safety Week 01.3.1993 (p. 4)
» Air Safety Week 15.2.1993 (p. 4,5)
» Flight International
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/93 (#17)
» Scramble 165
» Scramble 186
» Soviet Transports
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Mashhad Airport as the crow flies is 747 km (467 miles).
Distance from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Mashhad Airport as the crow flies is 747 km (467 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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