Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 JAN 1995 |
| Time: | ca 20:45 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-1329-25 JetStar II |
| Operator: | Imperial Iranian Air Force - IIAF |
| Registration: | 1003 |
| C/n / msn: | 5203 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Garrett TFE731 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti Airport (IFN) (Iran)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti Airport (IFN/OIFM), Iran |
| Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
The JetStar operated on a flight from Kish Island to Tehran via Isfahan. The flight departed Isfahan at 20:40 following a two-hour stopover. At an altitude of 2,000 feet the pilot noticed a sharp drop in cabin pressure and made preparations for an emergency landing back at Isfahan. The airplane crashed, killing all aboard, including Air Force Commander General Mansour Sattari.
Sources:
» Iran National News Desk
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Map
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 Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 328 km (205 miles).
Distance from Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 328 km (205 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.
