IFP - An official with the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran blamed the pilot and co-pilot for the February crash of an ATR passenger plane that killed 66 people in southwestern Iran. In a recent meeting with the managers of Iranian airlines in Tehran, the Civil Aviation Organization official, Hassan Rezaeefar, put the blame for the fatal crash ...

Press TV- Iran says two of its leading airlines have purchased a collective of 40 Sukhoi SuperJet 100 planes from Russia thus ending speculations over a purchase scheme that had been in the offing for the past few years. The purchases were made by Aseman Airlines and Iran Air Tours and the related documents were signed on the sidelines of Eurasia ...

MNA Iran Civil Aviation Organization has permitted Aseman Airlines to resume operation of its ATR-72 planes following their grounding over the Feb. 8 plane crash with 65 people on board. In a statement issued Monday, IranCivil Aviation Organization gave Aseman Airlinespermission to resume operation of the -200 and -500 variants of ATR-72 aircraft,...

Press TV - Heavy snow and hazardous mountain conditions have forced rescue teams to suspend their search operation for the victims a tragic passenger plane in Irans southwest. The ATR 72, a twin-engine turboprop operated by Aseman Airlines, crashed into snow-covered Mount Dena on Sunday near the town of Semirom in the central province of Isfahan,...

IRNA Aseman Airline confirmed on Tuesday that the wreckage of its crashed plane in Dena 4,000-meter heights, SW of Iran, was found, according to the company's website. Earlier today spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Bragedier General Ramezan Sharif announced that the wreckage of the crashed ATR plane was spotted. Also an ...

IRNA The debris of Iranian ATR plane, which crashed yesterday, was found on Monday in a region around Padena in central province of Isfahan, an Iranian official announced here on Monday. Deputy governor of southwestern Iranian province of Kohkilouye-Boyer Ahmad Jafar Gohargani announced the news. The Asseman Airlines' passenger plane crashed ...

IRNA Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a message to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani extended his condolences over a plane crash that is feared to have claimed the lives of 66 people. An Iranian passenger plane of Asseman Airlines hit Dena Mountains, 120 km from Semirom, Isfahan Province, early Sunday morning. The debris of the plane has ...

IRNA A seven-member delegation from France is to arrive in Tehran tonight to examine the reason behind the crash of an ATR passenger plane in central Iran on February 18, an Iranian official announced on Monday. Members of the French delegation are to attend the meetings reviewing the plane crash incident after which all passengers and the crew ...

MNA The search for the plane crashed Sunday in a mountainous region of southern Iran enters second day. A number of 26 rescue teams along with 106 climbers are still searching for the debris of the plane, while the bad weather is hampering the search efforts in the mountainous region. The Aseman AirlinesATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used ...

Tasnim Irans Minister of Road and Urban Development Abbas Akhondi attended an emergency meeting with the high-ranking officials of the Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) about an airplane crash in central Iran on Sunday morning. Akhondi took part in the closed-door meeting with CAO officials in Tehran on Sunday to examine the reasons behind the ...

AFP- Iranian officials said rescue teams would work through the night, battling blizzard conditions to find a passenger plane that disappeared in the Zagros mountains on Sunday with 66 people aboard. Iran's Red Crescent said the search for Aseman Airlines flight EP3704, which disappeared from radar 45 minutes after taking off from Tehran, was ...

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message expressed condolences on the sad occasion of plane crash in central Iran. Zarif condoled with bereaved families of the sad occasion. He wished their souls to rest in peace. The plane had 66 people on board, including 60 passengers, 2 flight attendants and pilots and 2 security ...

IRNA Very extreme weathers in the mountainous area where the Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday morning has made the rescue teams to put up a drone to look for the debris and exact site of the crash. 'Bad weather prevents us to dispatch helicopters to the region and we will soon put up a drone in search of the crashed plane,' Noormohammad Mousavi ...

IRNA All passengers and crews on board of the crashed Iranian ATR plane are reportedly dead, said an official in the southwestern Province of Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad on Sunday. The Asseman Airlines' passenger plane crashed in the Kohangan Village near the Padena region, 120 Km from Semirom in Isfahan Province, Shahrokh Konari, Governor of the Kohgiluyeh-...

AP An Iranian commercial aircraft carrying 66 people crashed on Sunday in southern Iran, a semi-official news agency reported. There was no immediate word on casualties. The ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near the remote mountain town of Semirom, some 620 kilometers (390 miles) south of the capital,...

IRNA Iran emergency center has confirmed crash of a passenger plane, en route to Yassouj from Tehran. The crash of the plane, belonging to the Asseman Airlines, took place near the city of Semirom, Isfahan Province, Pir-Hossein Kolivand Head of Iran's Emergency Medical Services told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Sunday. 'About 60 ...