ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323287
| Date: | Thursday 17 May 2001 |
| Time: | 07:45 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Owner/operator: | Faraz Qeshm Airlines |
| Registration: | EP-TQP |
| MSN: | 9740856 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11156 hours |
| Cycles: | 6706 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 20 km S of Sari -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
| Gorgan Airport (GBT/OING) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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:
Soviet Transports
ICAO Adrep
IRNA
IslamOnline
Tehran Times
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB); December 1998
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