2002-02-12: Iran Air Tours Flight 956

119 fatalities • Iran

Accident narrative

Iran Air Tours Flight 956 was a Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed 230 miles (370 km) south-west of Tehran on 12 February 2002. During a non precision approach to runway 11 of Khorramabad Airport, the airliner impacted the Kuh-e Sefid Mountain at an altitude of 9,100 feet (2,800 m), three nautical miles left of the runway centerline. All 12 crew and 107 passengers were killed in the crash. The aircraft was carrying four government officials. It remains the 5th worst plane crash in Iranian history.

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  • 2011-10-18 — Iran Air Flight 742 (—)
  • 2011-01-09 — Iran Air Flight 277 (—)
  • 2006-09-01 — Iran Air Tours Flight 945 (—)
  • 1988-07-03 — Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown (—)

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