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15-10-2015, 14:16
The 747, with 300 passengers on board, was on a flight from the capital's Mehrabad airport to Bandar Abbas in southern Iran when one of its engines crashed into a nearby field, forcing the jumbo to return and make an emergency landing.
Iranian media and social networks carried pictures of the crashed engine.
Iran desperately wants to upgrade its ageing fleet of 140 operating aircraft, hamstrung by nuclear-related and other sanctions which have also made spare parts difficult to source.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/747-plane-engine-snaps-off-during-iran-flight-104820363.html
Iranian media and social networks carried pictures of the crashed engine.
Iran desperately wants to upgrade its ageing fleet of 140 operating aircraft, hamstrung by nuclear-related and other sanctions which have also made spare parts difficult to source.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/747-plane-engine-snaps-off-during-iran-flight-104820363.html