TEHRAN: Rescuers were on Monday searching for at least one person missing after an Iran Air passenger jet crashed in bad weather in northwestern Iran killing 77 people and injuring 26, state media said."Unfortunately, 77 of our citizens were killed, 26 were injured who have been hospitalized and one person is reported to be missing," Iran's state television said Monday, citing a report from a police information center.
"A rescue team is searching for the missing person," the report added.
The Boeing 727 airliner crashed near the city of Orumiyeh at around 7:45 pm (1615 GMT) on Sunday, an official in West Azerbaijan province said, quoted on state television's website.
Television footage of the crash showed the airliner broken into three pieces and buried in thick snow. Some corpses were shown covered in blankets laying on snow near the plane's debris.
Iran's ISNA news agency on Monday gave the same casualty figures as state television but said two passengers are missing.
"This flight had 105 persons on board, 94 passengers and 11 flight crew. Based on the latest figures due to last night's aviation accident 77 people were killed, 26 wounded and two person are missing," the head of crisis committee of Iran's road and transportation ministry Ahmad Majidi told ISNA.
"We do not know if the two missing are among the fuselage's debris, or in hospital, or dead. We will find out about them today," he added.
Majidi said it appeared that bad weather had played a role in the crash.Read more.......
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