| Statuts: | Préliminaire |
| Date: | 09 JAN 2011 |
| Heure: | ca 19:45 |
| Type/Sous-type: | 
Boeing 727-286 |
| Compagnie: | Iran Air |
| Immatriculation: | EP-IRP |
| Numéro de série: | 20945/1048 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1974-06-12 (36 years 7 months) |
| Moteurs: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 10 / à bord: 11 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 67 / à bord: 94 |
| Total: | victimes: 77 / à bord: 105 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 8 km (5 milles) de Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH) (Iran)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran |
| Aéroport de destination: | Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH/OITR), Iran |
| Numéro de vol: | 277 |
Détails:An Iran Air Boeing 727 passenger jet was damaged beyond repair in an accident about 8 km from Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH), Iran. There were 94 passengers and eleven crew members on board. The airplane operated on flight IR277 from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) to Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport (OMH). It left Tehran at 18:15, after a delay of over two hours due to severe weather at the destination.
Latest media reports indicate that 77 people were killed, 26 people were injured and two missing.
The Deputy Minister of Roads and Transportation indicated that the accident occurred during a forced landing outside the airport.
Weather reported about the time of the accident (16:15 UTC / 19:45 local) was:
OITR 091600Z 26004KT 0800 SN SCT015 SCT020 OVC060 00/00 Q1016=
[16:00 UTC: Wind 260 degrees at 4 knots; Visibility 800 m in snow; scattered clouds 1,500 ft; scattered clouds 2,000 ft.; overcast 6,000 ft.; Temperature 0°C; Dew point 0°C; 1016 hPa]
Sources:
» IRNA, FARS
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Tehran-Mehrabad Airport et Urmia (Orumiyeh) Airport est de 595 km (372 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.