Airplane collision near Tehran in 1993
Airplane collision near Tehran in 1993 | |
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A Tu-154M Iran Airtour |
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Accident summary | |
Accident type | Air collision |
place | near Ghods , Iran |
date | February 8, 1993 |
Fatalities | 133 |
1. Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154M |
operator | Iran airtour |
Mark | EP-ITD |
Departure airport | Tehran Mehrabad Airport , Iran |
Destination airport | Mashhad Airport , Iran |
Passengers | 119 |
crew | 12 |
Survivors | 0 |
2. Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Sukhoi Su-24 |
operator | Iranian Air Force |
Mark | unknown |
Destination airport | Tehran Mehrabad Airport , Iran |
crew | 2 |
Survivors | 0 |
Lists of aviation accidents |
The plane collision near Tehran in 1993 occurred on February 8, 1993 when a Tupolev Tu-154M of Iran Airtour used on a charter flight collided with a Sukhoi Su-24 of the Iranian Air Force shortly after take-off from Tehran-Mehrabad airport . All 133 people on board both aircraft were killed in the accident.
Airplanes and occupants
Tupolev Tu-154 Iran Airtour
The first aircraft was a 1991 Tupolev Tu-154M, which had the factory number 91A903 . The aircraft was delivered to Aeroflot on February 27, 1992 with the aircraft registration number CCCP-85721 . In August of the same year, the machine was sold to Iran Airtour, which approved it with the aircraft registration EP-ITD . The three- engine, medium - range, narrow-body aircraft was equipped with three type D-30KU-154 jet engines.
On board the machine were 119 passengers who had booked a charter flight from Tehran to Mashhad , as well as 12 crew members.
Sukhoi Su-24 of the Iranian Air Force
The second machine was a Sukhoi Su-24 fighter aircraft . The identity of the machine is not known, it was in service with the Iranian Air Force (IRIAF) . The machine returned from a military air show, on board were two pilots from the Iranian Air Force.
the accident
The Tupolev Tu-154 of the Iran Airtour received clearance to take off from runway 29R, which was successfully executed. While the aircraft was in its initial climb, the Suchoi Su-24MK of the Iranian Air Force flew visually to runway 29L at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport. At 2:16 p.m. the fighter plane flew into the tail of the Tu-154, whereupon both planes crashed at Ghods , 15 kilometers north of the airport, killing all occupants.
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- Accident report Tu-154M, EP-ITD in the Aviation Safety Network
- Crash of a Tupolev TU-154 in Tehran: 131 killed , B3A - Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives
- Operating history Tu-154M, EP-ITD on russianplanes.net