Bandar Abbas International Airport
| Bandar Abbas International Airport | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | OIKB | ||
| IATA code | BND | ||
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| Height above MSL | 7 m (23 ft ) | ||
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Iran Airports Company Iranian Air Force |
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The Bandar Abbas International Airport (IATA: BND , ICAO: OIKB ) (Persian: فرودگاه بین المللی بندرعباس) is an international airport 12 kilometers east of the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran .
Incidents
- On July 3, 1988, an A300-B2 of Iran Air (EP-IBU) was shot down with a surface-to-air missile on the flight from Bandar Abbas to Dubai by the crew of the US warship USS Vincennes (CG-49) , with the tail unit and one wing torn off and the machine crashed into the sea. All 290 occupants were killed (see Iran Air flight 655 ) . The shooting down was a mix-up. According to the US government, the aircraft had been identified by the ship's crew as an attacking enemy F-14 Tomcat . Bandar Abbas Airport was used both civilly and militarily at the time.
- Iran Air Tours Flight 945 from Bandar Abbas to Mashhad on September 1, 2006 came off the runway when landing in Mashhad. In the accident, 28 of the 148 people on board (137 passengers, 11 crew members) were killed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harro Ranter: ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M EP-MCF Mashhad Airport (MHD). Retrieved June 20, 2019 .