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Associated Press

A decades-old Iranian Boeing 707 military cargo plane reportedly carrying meat from Kyrgyzstan crashed on Monday while trying to land west of Iran’s capital, killing 15 people on board and leaving a sole survivor, authorities said.
The aircraft, which bore the paint scheme of the Iranian air force’s Saha civilian airline, was making emergency landing around 8:30am Monday at Fath Airport, an airfield controlled by Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

The plane skidded off the runway, crashed through a perimeter fence and into a residential neighbourhood.
Iranian state television aired images of smoke-charred homes and the fuselage of the aircraft lying on the ground in the neighbourhood. Nearby was one of its land gear, torn away. Small fires burned around it.

Video shows the immediate aftermath of plane crash near #Iran's Karaj pic.twitter.com/nHNChTPHOw
— Press TV (@PressTV) January 14, 2019

The plane was meant to land at the nearby Payam International Airport, about 40km (25 miles) west of Tehran, the Iranian capital.
Authorities did not immediately offer a reason for the crew’s decision to land there.
Fath is some 10km southwest of Payam. Its runway is some 1,100-metres (3,600-feet) long, compared to Payam’s 3,600 metres.
In November, a commercial airline reportedly mistook Fath for Payam, but was able to abort its landing.

Pirhossein Koulivand, the head of the country’s emergency medical services, said that of the 16 people on board the plane, only the flight engineer was known to have survived.
Iranian media reported nine bodies from the crash had already been recovered.
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Iran’s air force said in a statement that the fate of the crew, including their possible “martyrdom”, is under investigation.
It wasn’t immediately clear who owns the plane, though General Shahin Taghikhani, an army spokesman, told state television the plane and its crew were Iranian.

Iranians often use the word “martyrdom” for those who die in war or national service.
The plane reportedly was carrying a cargo of meat from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital, to Iran.
Since 2016, Iran has been importing meat from Kyrgyzstan, usually via Saha. It imported 150 tonnes in 2016 and 350 tonnes in 2017.
Saha Airlines operated one of the world’s last commercial flights of the Boeing 707, which was first manufactured in 1958 and helped usher in the jet age. The four-engine, narrow-body aircraft were built before 1979.

Maintenance information regarding the Boeing 707 that crashed on Monday was not immediately available.
Iran had hoped to replace its ageing fleet under terms of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
But instead, US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the accord in May scuttled billions of dollars in planned sales by Airbus and Boeing to the Islamic Republic, only increasing the danger for passengers in Iran planes.
Iran has struggled to obtain parts for its ageing fleet, nearly all bought during the time of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Saha Airlines suffered a previous fatal crash in April 2005, when a ’ Boeing 707 arriving from the island Kish crash-landed at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, killing three passengers.


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Iran military Boeing 707 cargo plane crashes near Tehran, 15 crew killed

Fire immediately engulfed the aircraft after it skidded off a runway and crashed into a wall separating the Fath Airport from a residential neighbourhood. Photo: AFP

A picture taken on January 14, 2019 shows a Boeing 707 cargo plane that reportedly crashed into a residential complex near the Iranian capital Tehran with 10 people onboard. - The plane overshot the runway during its landing, Iran's aviation organisation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told state broadcaster IRIB. (Photo by HASAN SHIRVANI / various sources / AFP)

Firefighters and security forces gather amidst the debris of a Boeing 707 cargo plane that reportedly crashed into a residential complex near the Iranian capital Tehran with 10 people onboard on January 14, 2019. - The plane overshot the runway during its landing, Iran's aviation organisation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told state broadcaster IRIB. (Photo by HASAN SHIRVANI / various sources / AFP)

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The plane crashed at Fath airport when it was meant to land at the nearby Payam International Airport
A flight engineer was the only person on board to survive


A decades-old Iranian Boeing 707 military cargo plane reportedly carrying meat from Kyrgyzstan crashed while trying to land west of Iran’s capital.


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Iran military Boeing 707 cargo plane crashes near Tehran, 15 crew killed

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The plane crashed at Fath airport when it was meant to land at the nearby Payam International Airport A flight engineer was the only person on board to survive

The plane crashed at Fath airport when it was meant to land at the nearby Payam International Airport

A flight engineer was the only person on board to survive