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Iran army says 13 dead in cargo plane crash

Published: 14 Jan 2019 - 02:12 pm | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 01:04 pm
Wreckage is seen of a Boeing 707 military cargo plane which crashed on the west of the Iranian capital, near Fath airport, near Karaj, Iran, January 14, 2019. Abbas Shariati/Tasnim News Agency

Wreckage is seen of a Boeing 707 military cargo plane which crashed on the west of the Iranian capital, near Fath airport, near Karaj, Iran, January 14, 2019. Abbas Shariati/Tasnim News Agency

AFP

Tehran: A military cargo plane that overshot a runway, crashed and caught fire in Iran killed 13 people, the army said Monday.

The plane was carrying meat from Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan when it crashed near the capital Tehran, the army said in a statement, adding that "13 of the plane's personnel were killed."