Following a plane that crashed in Iran a couple of hours back, all 66 passengers on board, are now feared dead.
According to reports, the plane which crashed in central Iran came down due to bad weather in a mountainous region.
ABC News reports that:
”The plane disappeared from radar screens 50 minutes after taking off from Mehrabad airport
Bad weather prevented helicopters searching the probable crash site
The President asked the transport minister to lead an investigation into the crash
A spokesman for Iranian carrier Aseman Airlines had told state television everyone was killed, but the airline then issued a statement saying it could not reach the crash site and could not “accurately and definitely confirm” everyone died.”
Also, the airline at first claimed 60 passengers and six crew were on board the twin-engined turboprop ATR 72 but later said there were a total of 65 people on board, as one passenger had missed the flight.
