TEHRAN, Jan 14 - A Boeing 707 cargo plane belonging to the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has crashed in Iran's Alborz province after it overshot the runway during landing.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The aircraft with 10 people on board, which had taken off from Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, crashed near the city of Karaj on Monday morning, while attempting to land in the wrong airport.
There were no reports about the fate of those on board. Iranian news agencies said a helicopter and several rescue teams had been sent to the crash site.
Initial reports suggested that the plane was due to arrive at Karaj's Payam Airport but the pilot took the plane to the Fath airfield by mistake, which is not suited for large cargo aircraft.
The pilot then lost control of the plane, ran out of the runway and hit the walls that separate the airport from neighboring residential areas. There were unconfirmed reports of damage to some residential facilities as well.
Reza Jafarzadeh, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI), told Tasnim news agency that the plane had "caught fire" but the extent of damage was not clear.
Source: Press TV, Tasnim