What the records say
- When
- 17 May 2001
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 36.44° N, 53.21° E
- Description
- 2001 airliner crash in Iran
2001 Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yak-40 crash
Plane crash in northern Iran
The 2001 Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yak-40 crash occurred on 17 May 2001 when a short-haul trijet Yakovlev Yak-40 being operated by Faraz Qeshm Airlines crashed while en route to Gorgan Airport from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in Iran. The aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain while flying in poor weather conditions about twenty kilometers south of Sari killing all thirty people on board.
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