Aircraft News - Africa / Middle East.For more aircraft news, data, fleets and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Sep 4, 2006 Boeing (language) BOEING - An early system on the IBM 1130. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. , Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines put its 100th aircraft, a 737-800, into service Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant . Aug 28, 2006 Iran Air Tours Iran Air Tours is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It is a subsidiary of Iran Air and operates scheduled domestic services and international services in the Middle East, as well as charter services including Europe. Its main base is Mashhad International Airport. , Tupolev Iran Air Tours Tu-154M crashes on landing, 29 passengers confirmed dead. An Iran Air Tours Tu-154M with 148 passengers and crew aboard crashed on landing Friday afternoon in Mashhad, where it skidded off a runway runway: see airport. and caught fire, killing at least 29 passengers. It is believed that the flight crew and more than 100 passengers escaped or were rescued from the burning aircraft. The domestic flight, operated by the tour arm of flag carrier Iran Air Iran Air(Persian: ایران ایر) is the flag carrier airline of Iran, based in Tehran. It operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations. , originated in Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas (bändär` äb-bäs`), city (1991 pop. 249,504), S Iran, on the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. A port of strategic and commercial importance, it is the focal point of the trade routes of S Iran. . Iran Civil Aviation Organization Chairman Nourollah Rezai Niaraki told Iranian state television that the plane's "left wing hit the ground and caught fire" after it skidded off the runway. State television initially reported that a tire blew out as the plane attempted to land, but Niaraki said the cause of the accident is not yet known. Sep 1, 2006 Iran Air Tours, Tupolev The crashed Iran Air Tours Tu-154M aircraft, registration EP-MCF, made its first flight in 1988, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network. It had approximately 19,000 hr. and 2,200 cycles, according to the Ascend CASE database. It originally was delivered to Aeroflot and went through a variety of operators before being leased to Iran Air Tours in August 2005, according to the same source. An investigation is underway and Transport Minister Mohammad Rahmati said the crew's survival will be a "great help" in determining the accident's cause "as soon as possible." Sep 1, 2006 Iran Air Tours, Tupolev The crash of Iran Air Tours was the second for a Tu-154M in 10 days, following the Aug. 22 Pulkovo Airlines accident in Ukraine that killed 170 passengers and crew. Iran Air Tours lost a Tu-154 in a fatal 2002 crash. Sep 1, 2006 |
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