PLANE TRAVELLING FROM TEHRAN TO YEREVAN CRASHES, ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY DATA, ALL PASSENGERS KILLED

NOYAN TAPAN
JULY 15, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JULY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The aircraft flying from Tehran to
Yerevan was crashed at 12:00 by Yerevan time, on July 15. It fell down
30 km far from Tehran, near the city of Qazvin, in 16 minutes after
taking off. The aircraft took fire before falling down. The flight
number is 7908. According to Qazvin Police data, 150 (according to
other data 153-168) passengers of the aircraft belonging to the Caspian
Airlines air company were killed. The passengers were mainly citizens
of Armenia. There were also citizens of Georgia in the airliner.