All 168 passengers and crew have died in a Caspian Airlines plane crash in the north of Iran, officials say.Wreckage was spread over a large area in a field in Jannatabad village, Qazvin province, about 75 miles (120km) north-west of Tehran, state TV said. The Tupolev plane was flying from the Iranian capital to Yerevan in Armenia, with mostly Armenian passengers.
The cause of the crash, which happened soon after take-off, was not known. Witnesses said it dropped from the sky. An eyewitness said the plane dropped out of the sky and exploded on impact. Iranian media reported officials confirming the deaths.
The cause of the crash, which happened soon after take-off, was not known. Witnesses said it dropped from the sky. An eyewitness said the plane dropped out of the sky and exploded on impact. Iranian media reported officials confirming the deaths.
