66 murdered as business plane crashes in Iran: State media

6 travelers were killed when a business plane slammed in Iran on Sunday, the Associated Press cited state media as saying.

Worked by Iranian bearer Aseman Airlines, the plane smashed close to the town of Semirom subsequent to taking off from Tehran's Mehrabad air terminal, news organization ISNA cited crisis administrations representative Mojtaba Khaledi as saying.

The ATR-made plane was on a flight toward the southwestern city of Yasuj and a representative for the aircraft said there were 60 travelers and six group on board.

"All...on board were shockingly executed," Aseman representative Mohammad Taqi Tabatabai told state TV.

Save helicopters were not able land at the plausible crash site due to substantial mist and crisis laborers were looking through the sloping zone via arrive, the TV report said.

"Overwhelming snow is making it troublesome for rescuers to discover the site of the crash," a TV journalist going with save groups told state TV.

Media reports said the twin-engined turboprop ATR 72 vanished from radar screens 50 minutes in the wake of taking off from Mehrabad air terminal.

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Incomparable Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani issued messages of sympathies and the president requested that the vehicle serve lead an examination concerning the crash.

Mehrabad is situated in western Tehran and for the most part works as a residential air terminal, despite the fact that it likewise serves some global courses.

Iran has endured a few plane crashes in the previous couple of decades. Tehran says US sanctions have since a long time ago kept it from purchasing new air ship or extra parts from the West. The slammed ATR was 25 years of age, authorities said.

Situated in the southern French city of Toulouse, ATR is a joint wander amongst Airbus and Italy's Leonardo

One of Iran's most exceedingly awful air mischances occurred in February 2003 when an Iranian Ilyushin-76 troop transporter smashed in southeast Iran, murdering every one of the 276 Revolutionary Guard fighters and group on board.

(With contributions from offices)

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