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Iran training plane crashes, four dead - report
16 Feb 2009 08:04:06 GMT
 Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - An Antonov training aircraft has crashed in central Iran killing all four people on board, Iran's ISNA news agency reported on Monday.

It said the aircraft crashed on Sunday afternoon near Shahin-Shar, a town about 30 km (20 miles) north of the central Iranian city of Isfahan. The plane was incinerated in the crash, the report added, citing an Iranian official.

Experts say Iran has a poor air safety record, with a string of crashes in the past years, which the experts blame partly on an old fleet of aircraft. (Reporting by Hashem Kalantari, writing by Edmund Blair)


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