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Airbus with 110 on board skids off runway in western Iran (VIDEO)
1 Feb, 2020 05:53
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A packed Airbus A319, operated by Iran’s flag carrier, failed to land safely at Kermanshah Airport, ending up in the middle of a snow-covered field off the runway. Authorities blame the incident on a faulty landing gear.
The Iran Air plane departed from Tehran’s Mehrabad airport earlier on Saturday, carrying 102 passengers and 8 crew, according to Mehr news agency citing a Civil Aviation Organization’s official. It run out of the runway when landing at Kermanshah later in the day, it emerged.
No casualties were reported in the incident. Local media released footage suggesting that the jet wasn’t damaged as passengers could disembark using the stairway.
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