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Date: | Thursday 17 May 2001 |
Time: | 07:45 |
Type: | Yakovlev Yak-40 |
Operator: | Faraz Qeshm Airlines |
Registration: | EP-TQP |
MSN: | 9740856 |
First flight: | 1977 |
Total airframe hrs: | 11156 |
Cycles: | 6706 |
Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
Total: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 20 km (12.5 mls) S of Sari ( Iran)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
Destination airport: | Gorgan Airport (GBT/OING), Iran |
Narrative:The Yak-40 departed Tehran at 06:45 for a flight to Gorgan where a new airport was to be opened. The aircraft carried Iranian Transport Minister Rahman Dadman, two deputy ministers, and seven members of parliament. Poor weather at Gorgan reportedly forced the crew to divert to Sari.
It was later found to have crashed in a forested area in the Alborz mountain range.
Sources:
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Soviet Transports» ICAO Adrep
» IRNA
» IslamOnline
» Tehran Times
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accident date:
17-05-2001type: Yakovlev Yak-40
registration: EP-DAZ
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 Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Gorgan Airport as the crow flies is 306 km (191 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.