Commercial Plane Crashes in Southern Iran, Killing 66 People

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Commercial Plane Crashes in Southern Iran, Killing 66 People
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL)

February 18, 2018, 1:55 AM CST Updated on February 18, 2018, 6:19 AM CST

Tehran, Iran (AP) -- An Iranian commercial plane crashed on Sunday in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, killing all 66 people on board, state media reported.

An Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern Iranian city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometers (485 miles) south of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Aseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai told state TV that all on Flight No. EP3704 were killed.

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