Airliner crashes in southern Iran

#1 Postby **bfez1** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 2:59 pm

Airliner crashes in southern Iran

More than 250 people are on board passenger plane that was enroute to city of Kerman from Zaheda.

Rainband · #2 Postby **Rainband** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:01 pm

Vey sad, any word on a cause?? Keep us posted :wink:

ohiostorm · #3 Postby **ohiostorm** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:02 pm

Let us know any new details.

#4 Postby **streetsoldier** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:15 pm

We can only hope against hope that some of the Al Qaida big-wigs (those that Iran says aren't in their country) pop up in the statistics somewhere...but in a state-controlled, Ayatollah-sanctioned press, that ain't likely, folks.

southerngale · #5 Postby **southerngale** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:24 pm

So very sad! :cry:

I still haven't heard a possible cause.

#6 Postby **cycloneye** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:36 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/ ... index.html

No cause for the crash yet but there was bad weather in the area that is what I know at this time.

#7 Postby **wx247** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:05 pm

Some in the area reported hearing a "boom". Got this from an Iranian reporter from AP a while ago.

Garrett :multi:

southerngale · #8 Postby **southerngale** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:38 pm

A "boom"?

Hmmm...could mean a number of things though.

Rainband · #9 Postby **Rainband** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:43 pm

The news said 'it was filled with muslim military personel" :roll:

#10 Postby **cycloneye** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:50 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/02/ ... index.html

The plane was full of the revolucionary guard from Iran and there was bad weather in the area but villagers heard and explosion just before it crashed so there is investigating to do to get to the real cause if it was bad weather the cause or other things.

#11 Postby **streetsoldier** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:51 pm

"muslim military personnel"? Let me see if I can remember...oh, like those 14-year-old kids sent to fight Iraq without guns back in the mid-80's?

Al Qaida? Al Aqsa? Al Capone? Al Gore? Al Biseeinya?

The possibilities are endlessly titillating...care for some delicious vanilla-coated pitted-plum Allahu Akbars while we wait?

Rainband · #12 Postby **Rainband** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:53 pm

No thanks, trying to quit :wink:

JQ Public · #13 Postby **JQ Public** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:55 pm

Haha everyone in Iran is muslim...what other kind of military personel did y'all expect. may the rest in PEACE.

Rainband · #14 Postby **Rainband** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 6:07 pm

JQ Public wrote:Haha everyone in Iran is muslim...what other kind of military personel did y'all expect. may the rest in PEACE.

They said the plane crashed in Iran and that it was an Iranian Airliner. That didn't tell us who was on board. It was en route from pakistan BTW :wink:

I was only posting what the news said :roll:

j · #15 Postby j » Fri Feb 21, 2003 8:26 am

Guess who is getting blamed for this accident? That's right ...you guessed it..the USA. Why you ask?....well because of the sanctions that have been in place since the Iran hostage crisis. Somehow, Iranian officials are trying to spin this, saying they have had to fly old un-maintained inferior aircraft, because the bad ole USA cut aid.

When will it end? This was reported by AP.

2 Seam Fastball · #16 Postby **2 Seam Fastball** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 10:00 am

Could this plane have been flying close to the no fly zone? Was it a commercial airliner? This is so sad this happened.

#17 Postby **streetsoldier** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 2:59 pm

OH, SURE...as if the US has tools, parts and spares for Tupolev aircraft? :roll:

Why don't they call Aeroflot?

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