Air disaster

1993 Tehran mid-air collision

8 Feb 1993 · 35.73° N, 51.13° E

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When
8 Feb 1993
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
35.73° N, 51.13° E
Description
Mid-air collision
Deaths
133

1993 Tehran mid-air collision

Deadly 1993 aviation accident in Tehran, Iran

On 8 February 1993, Iran Airtour Flight 962, a Tupolev Tu-154, collided in mid-air with an Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft near the Iranian capital of Tehran, killing all 133 people aboard both aircraft. It was the deadliest aviation accident in 1993.

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