15 Killed in Iranian Military Boeing 707 Crash

Stephen Pope

Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 10:25 PM ET

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An Iranian military Boeing 707 cargo plane crashed west of Tehran on Monday, killing 15 of its 16 crew members.
The decades-old jetliner reportedly attempted to land at the wrong airport, Fath Airport, which has a runway four times shorter than its intended destination, Payam International Airport.
The plane skidded off the runway and crashed into a residential neighborhood, with officials noting that pilots have mistakenly landed at Fath Airport before due to its similar alignment with Payam.

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An Iranian military Boeing 707 cargo plane crashed on Monday while trying to land west of Tehran, killing 15 crew members on board and leaving one survivor, according to media reports.

The decades-old jetliner was reportedly either attempting an emergency landing or mistakenly tried to land at the wrong airport at around 8:30 a.m. local time at Fath Airport, an airfield controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.