(Bloomberg) — A regional carrier flying from Tehran to Tabas in central Iran crashed shortly after takeoff yesterday into a residential area outside Mehrabad airport, leaving dozens dead.
The morning crash of the Iran-140 turboprop killed 40 passengers and 8 crew, Reza Dehghanpour, head of Tehran Emergency Services, told Iranian state television. Three with severe burns were hospitalized, he said. State-run Mehr news agency reported 40 were dead and eight injured; the Iranian Students News Agency said the confirmed death toll was 38.
The Sepahan Air passenger plane slammed into a housing district near the airport at about 9:45 a.m., the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported, citing Red Crescent spokesman Hossein Derakhshan. Emergency crew at the site and investigators are trying to determine the cause of the crash, he said. The two black boxes have been recovered, Ahmad Majidi of the crisis management office at the Transport Ministry told ISNA.
Recommended For You
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader
Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
