Airplane collision at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in 2000
| Airplane collision at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in 2000 | |
|---|---|
 An Airbus A300B2-203 of Iran Air |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Collision on the ground |
| place |
Tehran Mehrabad Airport , Iran
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| date | February 2, 2000 |
| Fatalities | 8th |
| 1. Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Lockheed C-130 Hercules
|
| operator |
Iranian Air Force
|
| Mark | unknown |
| Departure airport |
Tehran Mehrabad Airport , Iran
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| Destination airport |
Hamadan Military Air Base , Iran
|
| crew | 8th |
| Survivors | 0 |
| 2. Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Airbus A300B2-203
|
| operator |
Iran Air
|
| Mark |
EP-IBR
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| Passengers | 0 |
| crew | 0 |
| Survivors | - |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The aircraft collision on the Airport Tehran Mehrabad 2000 took place on 2 February 2000, as a takeoff from the airport C-130 Lockheed Hercules of the Iranian Air Force ran off the runway and with an unoccupied Airbus A300B2-203 of Iran Air crashed. Eight people on board the military plane were killed in the accident.
Airplanes and occupants
Lockheed C-130 Hercules of the Iranian Air Force
The first aircraft was a four-engine Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft. The identity of the machine is not known, it was in service with the Iranian Air Force (IRIAF) . The plane was to be used for a flight to the Hamadan military airfield . There were eight occupants on board the machine.
Airbus A300B2-203 of Iran Air
The second machine was a twin- wide-body aircraft of the type Airbus A300B2-203 which in Airbus -Werk Clément Adler in Toulouse has been finally assembled as 61. machine of the type A300. The aircraft completed its maiden flight on December 21, 1979 with the test identification F-WZEK . The aircraft was delivered to Iran Air on March 17, 1980 and has been operated by Iran Air since then with the aircraft registration EP-IBR . The twin-engine short-range wide-body aircraft was equipped with two Turbojettriebwerken type General Electric CF6-50C equipped. By the time of the accident, the machine had completed 33,700 operating hours, which accounted for 28,100 take-offs and landings.
The Airbus was unmanned at the time of the accident; it was towed from the maintenance hangar over the tarmac to a hangar.
the accident
With the Lockheed C-130 Hercules of the Iranian Air Force (IRIAF), a flight to the Hamadan military airfield was to be completed that day . The crew had received clearance to take off from runway 29R of Tehran-Mehrabad Airport. When the pilots carried out the take-off run, they suddenly lost control of their machine. The Lockheed came off the runway and sped into the Airbus A300, which was being towed across the tarmac to a hangar. Both planes exploded and burned out. Eight occupants aboard the Lockheed C-130 Hercules were killed.
After the accident
After the airport fire brigade extinguished the fire, little more than the tail unit and a wing remained from the completely burned-out Airbus A300. The vertical stabilizer was overhauled, repainted and installed as a decoration in front of the entrance to the Iran Air headquarters in Tehran.