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2003-02-19 Iran

Over 270 people killed in Iranian military plane crash

Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Feb 20, IRNA -- At least 270 people were killed Wednesday evening after an Iranian military plane, on a domestic flight, crashed near the central city of Kerman, an official said in this southeastern city. All those aboard the Ilyushin plane were the personnel of the
Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC), the head of the IRGC in the Sistan Baluchestan province, Ali Mowlavi Haqiqi, said.
Tap, tap, tap. Nope.

Posted by Steve 2003-02-19 02:50 pm|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If we were like them, we would say that this is a sure sign of the will of Allah...who knows...maybe..

Posted by Poitiers 2003-02-19 15:25:36|| 2003-02-19 15:25:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Shoulda stuck with the Tupolevs...

Posted by mojo 2003-02-19 15:28:46|| 2003-02-19 15:28:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe not:
Wednesday's crash was the latest in a string of air disasters in Iran involving mostly Russian-built airliners. A Ukrainian An-140 aircraft flew into a mountainside Dec. 23, 2002, while preparing to land at an airport near the central city of Isfahan, killing all the estimated 46 scientists aboard. In February 2002, the Russian-made Tupolev Tu-154 airliner, carrying 119 people, smashed into snow-covered mountains not far from its destination of Khorramabad, 230 miles southwest of Tehran.

Posted by Steve 2003-02-19 15:35:14|| 2003-02-19 15:35:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Fly the friendly skies of Iran. Well, maybe not...

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-02-19 15:44:45|| 2003-02-19 15:44:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Planes fly successfully on physics, money, good airmenship, and maintenance, not mullahs.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-02-19 16:35:13|| 2003-02-19 16:35:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Should of known this was coming:
A military plane crash in mountainous southern Iran killed 302 of the nation's elite Revolutionary Guards. The crash was the deadliest in a string of plane accidents that the government has blamed on US sanctions preventing the country from repairing and replacing its aging fleet.

Posted by Steve 2003-02-19 20:44:03|| 2003-02-19 20:44:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Uh, how could the US withold spare parts for Russian-made airplanes? They may want to talk to Putin about their maintenance problems...

Posted by R. McLeod 2003-02-20 00:57:31|| 2003-02-20 00:57:31|| Front Page Top

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