Dozens perish as Iranian passenger plane crashes after takeoff in Tehran

World Today

Published August 10, 2014 at 9:06 PM
Updated August 20, 2014 at 12:06 PM

An Iranian passenger plane crashed after taking off from an airport in Tehran. The flight went down near a residential area. Thirty-nine people were killed and nine were injured.

CCTV’s Liang Xiwen reports.

Plane crashes and burns in Iran

An Iranian passenger plane crashed after taking off from an airport in Tehran. The flight went down near a residential area. Thirty-nine people were killed and nine were injured.