Iranian passenger plane crashes in residential area of Tehran shortly after take-off killing 48
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The aircraft was an Iran-140, normally used for short domestic flights
It crashed near Mehrabad, west of Tehran in Iran
- The plane went down in a residential area after its engine failed
- Iran has suffered a series of plane crashes blamed on its ageing aircraft
- Iran Air fleet bought before the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution
- Nine people survived today's crash
At least 39 people were killed on Sunday when an Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane crashed after take-off from Tehran's Mehrabad airport on a flight to Tabas in northeast Iran, state media reported.
Initial reports said that all of the 48 passengers and crew had been killed, but state media later reported that some passengers had been injured and transferred to hospital.
Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said that eight or nine had survived and quoted a doctor as saying that one of the injured had regained consciousness.
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