The airplane of Iranian Company Iran ir tur TU-154 of Russian production broke in 14:40 (with Iran time) in the airport of Meshed Horasan region.
According to the information provided by the local power, there were 147 passengers in the airplane together with 7 members of crew, Trend Special Correspondent in Iran reports. According to the preliminary information, 8 persons have died during the explosion of the airplane. And remaining people were rescued by the group of firemen. Several wounded persons are in hard state.
The airplane flew down to Meshed from the city of Bender-Abbas located in the south of Iran. It should be mentioned that over the past years, several air accidents have happened in Iran with aircrafts of Russian production.
Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran is continuing researching existence of Azerbaijanis among the passengers of the aircraft, Azerbaijani ambassador to Iran Abbasli Hasanov exclusively told Trend. The number of perished people has reached 80. It is difficult to get information because Friday isnt working day in Iran.