Nocere – Earth Disasters

At 7:45 pm, a Boeing 727 crashed as it was making an emergency landing in a snow covered field.

There were 105 people on board the aircraft. 93 were passengers and an additional 12 were members of the crew.

All crew members have been said to have died in the crash. 60 passengers died and another 33 were wounded. 10 of the injured are in the hospital with serious injuries.

The plane was in route from Tehran to Orumiyeh.

Rescue efforts were hampered by weather conditions at the crash site.

There were many clean up crews trying to get the roadways clear to enable the rescue personnel to reach the crash site. There were also 11 hospitals put on notice to be ready to receive the wounded.

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