Iran Plane Carrying 94 Crashes Into 10-Story Building

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Iran Plane Carrying 94 Crashes Into 10-Story Building

POSTED: 6:27 am EST December 6, 2005
UPDATED: 7:10 am EST December 6, 2005

TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian military transport plane with 94 people on board crashed into a 10-story building in the suburbs of the capital Tehran on Tuesday, state television reported.

The building was reported to be on fire, and fire fighters were on the scene working to save people trapped in the building in the Azari residential district.

The C-130 aircraft hit the building while coming in to land at Tehran's Mehrabad airport, state television reported.

The plane, which belonged to the Army's air force, was carrying 84 passengers and 10 crew, the report said.

State television said the plane crashed because of a technical failure as it was trying to make an emergency landing.

The plane crashed into the Towhid residential complex.

It reportedly had taken off from Mehrabad airport and was heading to Bandar Abbas, a port city in southern Iran.

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Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press.