Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 746 was a Fokker F-28 flight of

Iran Aseman Airlines Iran Aseman Airlines ( fa, هواپیمایی آسمان, Havâpeymâyi-ye Âsemân) is the third-largest Iranian airline headquartered in Tehran. It operates scheduled domestic passenger services and regional international services. History ...

operating on the

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

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route in

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. The flight crashed near the town of Natanz on October 12, 1994, killing all the passengers and crew members.

Crash

On 12 October 1994, the flight took off from the

Isfahan International Airport Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport ( fa, فرودگاه بین‌المللی شهید بهشتی اصفهان) is an international airport serving the city of Isfahan, Iran. Overview The airport is named in honor of Shahid Behesh ...

destination to

Mehrabad International Airport Mehrabad International Airport ( fa, فرودگاه بین المللی مهرآباد, ''Foroudgâh-e Beyn Almelali-ye Mehrâbâd'') , is an international airport serving Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Prior to the construction of the larger ...

with 59 passengers and seven crew on board. About 35 minutes after take off, both engines lost power and shut down due to contaminated fuel. The aircraft went into an uncontrolled descent; and 47 seconds later Flight 746 crashed into the side of a mountain and exploded. The wreckage was found over an area of near the town of Natanz. All 59 passengers and 7 crew died in the crash.

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