TEHRAN: Three people on board a small police training aircraft were killed on Wednesday in a crash in northern Iran, state media reported.
“A light training aircraft crashed near the city of Rasht on Wednesday due to a technical malfunction,” the official IRNA news agency quoted citing the police, adding that “the pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer were martyred.”
Sanctions-hit Iran has suffered several air disasters in recent years, with officials complaining of difficulties in acquiring spare parts to keep its ageing fleets in the air.
The Iranian air transport industry has been subject to a US embargo since 1995, preventing airlines from purchasing civilian aircraft or spare parts and forcing them to ground part of their fleet.
Heavy rain swelled rivers and flooded streets in the Florence area. —AFP/FileROME: FLorence was out of danger due to...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a press conference following a virtual summit video conference at 10...
Sirajuddin Haqqani in Kabul on February 1, 2023. — AFPKARACHI: Media reports from Afghanistan claim that...
A US Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft receives fuel over Poland, on February 24, 2022. —ReutersISLAMABAD: The...
A plane seen on fire in this screengrab.— Instagram@warriednut/File WASHINGTON: An American Airlines jet caught fire...
President Vladimir Putin.— AFP/File MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on beleaguered Ukrainian...
