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#160454 - 12/06/05 09:12 AM
Re: Iranian Plane Crash
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INVICTUS
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Registered: 03/29/04
Posts: 3112
Loc: USA
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The aircraft was a very old US-made and Iranian re-fitted C-130 transport/cargo turboprop.
This incident has absolutely nothing to do with how Iranian buildings are constructed.
The image posted shows the bottom level entrance to the building on up, and does not fully show the 8th floor of the 10-story structure which was ripped open or the massive fire which ensued. Wreckage of the aircraft did not embedd itself into the building but rained down over the immediate area, including as gas station.
This building was one of many housing military members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Air Force. Passengers in the C-130 were Iranian government media personas and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Air Force Personnel.
The unknown cause to this crash is the result of a mid-air explosion in the tail section of the C-130. That's a strong clue to anyone who's ever been on a C-130 about the cause of this crash.
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#160455 - 12/07/05 04:04 AM
Re: Iranian Plane Crash
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Ervil
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Registered: 09/15/02
Posts: 177
Loc: Portugal
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Hi
It seems that there was a lot of murderous negligence associated with this crash.
Or maybe someone wanted to get rid of some journalists
Ervil
quote:
Iran under fire over plane crash
From BBC site
The authorities in Iran are facing bitter criticism over Tuesday's crash of an ageing military transport plane that killed about 110 people.
Reports say the plane had experienced technical problems all morning, causing the take-off to be delayed for hours.
Iranian media also say the pilot had asked twice to make an emergency landing at Mehrabad airport, but had been refused because it was busy.
Military officials have strongly denied any suggestion of negligence.
The C-130 came down in a densely-populated residential district of south-west Tehran and ploughed into a 10-storey apartment block, setting it on fire.
Among those killed were 68 journalists being flown to the southern city of Bandar Abbas to report on military exercises.
The Iranian culture minister, Mohammad Hoseyn Saffar-Harandi, called the crash a "disaster for the journalistic community" and declared a day of mourning.
Technical problems
The wife of a photographer who was killed in the crash, Mohammad Karbalai, told the conservative Hamshahri newspaper that she had spoken to him shortly before the plane took off.
"The plane should have taken off at seven in the morning. My husband called me from the plane at eight to say there were technical problems. I was very worried," she said.
"I called him back at 10 o'clock, and the plane was still on the ground. He said the pilot was refusing to take off because of technical problems."
A Hamshahri editorial demanded that the authorities explain why a plane said to have technical problems was authorised to take off.
In the reformist Sharq newspaper, Rasul Khadem, a member of Tehran City Council, attacked the military for taking unnecessary risks.
"How much longer are we going to play with lives? How much longer do we have to use planes that should be sent to the scrap heap?" Mr Khadem said.
Military dismisses 'rumours'
The BBC's correspondent in Tehran, Frances Harrison, says some unconfirmed reports claim the pilot himself was unhappy about the condition of the plane and the same plane nearly crashed in the desert a week ago.
Its engines had to be switched on and off five times before it could take off on its final flight, she says.
Army officials have strongly denied any negligence and because this was a military flight, many people are wary about asking tough questions about their safety procedures, our correspondent says.
The Iranian air force is believed to have about 15 US-made C-130s in operation, dating back to before the 1979 Islamic revolution and the US boycott of Iran.
The country's civil and military aircraft have a poor safety record.
In 2003, an Iranian Ilyushin-76 troop carrier crashed in south-east Iran killing all 276 Revolutionary Guard soldiers and crew aboard.
Officials blame the high frequency of crashes on a lack of aviation spare parts due to US sanctions.
IRAN'S AIR DISASTERS
Feb 04: Iranian plane crashes near Sharjah airport in UAE, killing 43 people
Feb 03: Military transport aircraft crashes in southern Iran, killing 302 people
Dec 02: Commuter plane carrying aerospace experts crashes in Iran, killing 46 people
Feb 02: Tu-154 operated by Iran Air crashes in mountains in west of Iran, killing 117 people
March 97: 80 die when a military plane crashes in north-east Iran
Feb 93: Tu-154 crashes into a military plane near Tehran, killing 132
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#160456 - 12/07/05 05:08 AM
Re: Iranian Plane Crash
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INVICTUS
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Registered: 03/29/04
Posts: 3112
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Well it occurs to me that the Iranians have endured a case of "friendly fire".
They are an enemy combatant nation and this bothers me not one whit.
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