All 65 aboard Iran plane feared dead

An Iranian plane brought back into service only months ago after being grounded for seven years has crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, and officials fear all 65 people on board have been killed

Source: AAP

The ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometres south of the capital, Tehran, where it took off.

Aseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai told state TV that all on board Flight EP3704 were killed. It had 59 passengers and six crew members, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday night, lowering the toll to 65 from an initially reported 66.