What the records say
- 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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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Столкновение в воздухе пассажирского самолёта «Ту-154М» авиакомпании «Iran Air» с истребителем «Су-24» иранских ВВС около Тегерана”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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