Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 02 JAN 2008 |
| Time: | 07:20 |
| Type: | Fokker 100 |
| Operator: | Iran Air |
| Registration: | EP-IDB |
| C/n / msn: | 11299 |
| First flight: | 1990-09-26 (17 years 3 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 650-15 Tay |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 53 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) (Iran)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
| Shiraz Airport (SYZ/OISS), Iran | |
| Flightnumber: | 235 |
The Fokker 100 skidded off the runway while attempting to take off for Shiraz. It was snowing around the time of the accident.
Sources:
» IRNA
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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 Shiraz Airport as the crow flies is 690 km (431 miles).
Distance from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport to Shiraz Airport as the crow flies is 690 km (431 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.
