Sixty-six people have been killed in a passenger plane crash in Iran, airline company officials say. The Aseman Airlines plane, en route from Tehran to the south-western city of Yasuj, came down in the Zagros mountains of central Iran. The Red Crescent has deployed a search and rescue team to the site near the city of Semirom in Isfahan province. The plane left Tehran in at 05:00 local time (01:30 GMT) and disappeared from radar later. A local official said bad weather had hampered a helicopter search. “All emergency forces are on alert,” a spokesman said. The plane is believed to be a 20-year-old ATR 72-500. Reports say those on board were 60 passengers, two security guards, two flight attendants and the pilot and co-pilot.
Passenger plane crashes in Iran; all 66 people on board dead
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