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Plane crashes in Iran, all on board killed - IRNA

15 Jul 2009 09:03:26 GMT

Source: Reuters

TEHRAN, July 15 (Reuters) - A Tupolev passenger aircraft crashed in northwestern Iran on Wednesday and all the people aboard were killed, the official IRNA news agency reported.

The IRNA report, quoting a fire brigade official from the city of Qazvin, said it was not clear how many passengers were onboard. (Editing by Peter Millership)

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