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Iran Air Tours Flight 956
The Iran Air Tours Tu-154 involved in the accident, while in service with Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Accident
Date12 February 2002
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteMount Sefid Kuh, Kermanshah, Iran
33°28′00″N 48°21′00″E / 33.4667°N 48.3500°E / 33.4667; 48.3500
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-154M
OperatorIran Air Tours
RegistrationEP-MBS
Flight originTehran-Mehrabad Airport Tehran, Iran
DestinationKhorramabad Airport, Khorramabad, Iran
Occupants119
Passengers107
Crew12
Fatalities119
Survivors0

Iran Air Tours Flight 956 was a Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed 230 miles (370 km) south-west of Tehran on 12 February 2002. During a non precision approach to runway 11, the airliner impacted the Kuh-e Sefid Mountain at an altitude of 9,100 feet (2,800 m), three nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) left of the runway centerline. All 12 crew and 107 passengers were killed in the crash. The aircraft was carrying four government officials. It remains the 5th worst plane crash in Iranian history.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Iran plane crash kills 117". BBC News. 12 February 2002. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Tupolev 154M EP-MBS Sarab-e Do Rah". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

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