List of Iranian Aviation Accidents and Incidents
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This is an incomplete list of all aviation accidents and incidents that took place in Iran, or involved aircraft traveling to and from Iran.
§ Hijackings
| Date | Airline | Aircraft | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 25, 1952 | Iran Air Iran Air Iran Air , formally Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the flag carrier airline of Iran, operating services to 60 destinations, 35 international and 25 domestic. The cargo fleet operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations... |
Douglas DC-3 Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is an American fixed-wing propeller-driven aircraft whose speed and range revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s. Its lasting impact on the airline industry and World War II makes it one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made... |
Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... , Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
27 fatalities |
| January 21, 1980 | Iran Air Iran Air Iran Air , formally Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the flag carrier airline of Iran, operating services to 60 destinations, 35 international and 25 domestic. The cargo fleet operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations... |
Boeing 727-86 Boeing 727 The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine, T-tailed commercial jet airliner, manufactured by Boeing. The Boeing 727 first flew in 1963, and for over a decade more were built per year than any other jet airliner. When production ended in 1984 a total of 1,832 aircraft had been produced... |
Alborz Mountains | 128 fatalities 1980 Iran Air Boeing 727 airplane crash On January 21, 1980, an Iran Air Boeing 727-86 was making a domestic flight from Mashad Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in Iran. At 1911h local time, the aircraft, registered as EP-IRD, collided with the Alborz Mountains, north of Tehran, during its approach to Tehran-Mehrabad runway 29 in... |
| July 3, 1988 | Iran Air Iran Air Iran Air , formally Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the flag carrier airline of Iran, operating services to 60 destinations, 35 international and 25 domestic. The cargo fleet operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations... Flight 655 |
Airbus A300B2 | Persian Gulf Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers... |
290 fatalities Iran Air Flight 655 Iran Air Flight 655 was a civilian jet airliner shot down by U.S. missiles on 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, toward the end of the Iran–Iraq War... |
| April 26, 1992 | Iran Air Tours Iran Air Tours Iran Airtour 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... |
Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M | Saveh Saveh Sāveh is a city in the Markazi Province of Iran. It is located around 100 km southwest of Tehran. As of 2006, the city had a population of 179,009 people.-History:In the 7th century BC it was as stronghold of the Medes... , Iran |
39 fatalities |
| February 8, 1993 | Iran Air Tours Iran Air Tours Iran Airtour 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... Iranian Air Force |
Tupolev Tu-154 Tupolev Tu-154 The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown... Sukhoi Su-24 Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. This variable-sweep wing, twin-engined two-seater carried the USSR's first integrated digital navigation/attack system... |
Mehrabad International Airport Mehrabad International Airport Mehrabad International Airport is an airport that serves Tehran, Iran. It was the primary airport of Tehran in both international and domestic passenger traffic but has been replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport in most of its international flights... |
131 fatalities |
| October, 1994 | Iran Asseman Airlines Flight 746 Iran Asseman Airlines Flight 746 On October 12, 1994 Iran Asseman Airlines Flight 746, a Fokker F-28 registration EP-PAV took off from Isfahan International Airport on a flight to Mehrabad Airport in Iran. Flight 746 had 59 passengers and 7 crew on board but 35 minutes after take off both engines lost power and shut down the... |
Fokker F-28 | Natanz Natanz Natanz is a city in and the capital of Natanz County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,060, in 3,411 families. It is located south-east of Kashan.... , Iran |
66 fatalities |
| March 17, 1994 | Iranian Air Force | C-130 Hercules C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport... |
Ballıca Ballica Ballıca is a village de jure in the Khojali Rayon of Azerbaijan, de facto in the Askeran rayon of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.- References :*... , near Stepanakert Stepanakert Stepanakert is the largest city and capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic, though is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan... , Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to... |
32 fatalities 1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown The 1994 Iranian Air Force C-130 shootdown occurred on March 17, 1994, when an Iranian Air Force C-130E military transport aircraft, carrying Iranian embassy personnel from Moscow to Tehran, was shot down by Armenian military forces near the city of Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh... |
| September 19, 1995 | Kish Air Flight 707 | Boeing | None§ | |
| March 14, 1997 | Iranian Military | northeastern Iran | 80 fatalities | |
| Feb. 2, 2000 | Iranian Air Force | C-130 | Tehran Airport | 6 fatalities |
| Nov 13, 2000 | Aria Air Aria Air Aria Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates international and domestic passenger services. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport.- History :The airline was established and started operations in 2000 as Aria Air Tour... |
Yakovlev | Southern Iran | 1 fatality; 2 injured§ |
| May 18, 2001 | Faraz Qeshm Airlines | YAK-40 Yakovlev Yak-40 The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined airliner that is often called the first regional jet transport aircraft... |
13 miles from Sari Sari A sari or sareeThe name of the garment in various regional languages include: , , , , , , , , , , , , , is a strip of unstitched cloth, worn by females, ranging from four to nine metres in length that is draped over the body in various styles. It is popular in India, Bangladesh, Nepal,... , Iran |
29 fatalities |
| Feb. 12, 2002 | Iran Air Tours Iran Air Tours Iran Airtour 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... Flight 956 |
Tupolev Tu-154 Tupolev Tu-154 The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown... |
Khorramabad Khorramabad Khorramabad is a city in and capital of Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 328,544, in 75,945 families. Khorramabad is situated in the Zagros Mountains... , Iran |
118 fatalities |
| Dec. 23, 2002 | Antonov An-140 Antonov An-140 |-Accidents and Incidents:The An-140 has suffered five major accidents. Two of them had no fatalities, and three had all on board killed.#In December 2002 an aircraft carrying many of Ukraine's top aviation designers and engineers crashed into a mountainside as it was preparing to land in... |
Isfahan, Iran | 45 fatalities | |
| February 19, 2003 | IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard) | Ilyushin Il-76 Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose four-engined strategic airlifter designed by Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a commercial freighter in 1967. Intended as a replacement for the Antonov An-12, the Il-76 was designed for delivering heavy machinery to remote, poorly-serviced areas... |
22 mi SE of Kerman Kerman - Geological characteristics :For the Iranian paleontologists, Kerman has always been considered a fossil paradise. Finding new dinosaur footprints in 2005 has now revealed new hopes for paleontologists to better understand the history of this area.- Economy :... , Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
302 fatalities 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash The 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash was the deadliest aircraft accident in Iran. The crash, on February 19, 2003, killed 302 people, most of them members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. That crash marked the third Il-76 crash in Iran.-Cause:... |
| Feb. 10, 2004 | Kish Air Kish Air Kish Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates international, domestic and charter services as a scheduled carrier. Its main base is Mehrabad Airport, Tehran.-History:... |
Fokker-50 | Sharjah, UAE Sharjah (city) Sharjah is the third largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates. It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula.Sharjah is the seat of government of the emirate of Sharjah... |
43 fatalities |
| April 20, 2005 | Saha Air Lines | Boeing 707 Boeing 707 The Boeing 707 is a four-engine narrow-body commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven". The first airline to operate the 707 was Pan American World Airways, inaugurating the type's first commercial flight on... -300 |
Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... |
3 fatalities |
| December 6, 2005 | Iranian Air Force | C-130E Hercules | Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... |
128 or 116 fatalities; 90 injured |
| Jan. 9, 2006 | IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard) | Falcon | Near Orumieh, Iran | 11 fatalities |
| September 1, 2006 | Iran Air Tours Iran Air Tours Iran Airtour 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... |
Tupolev Tu-154M | Mashad, Iran | 28 fatalities |
| Nov. 27, 2006 | Iranian Military | Antonov An-74 Antonov An-72 The Antonov An-72 is a transport aircraft developed by Antonov in the former Soviet Union. It was designed as a STOL transport and intended as a replacement for the Antonov An-26, but variants have found success as commercial freighters.The An-72 gets its nickname, Cheburashka, from the large... |
Tehran Tehran Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to... |
36 fatalities |
| July 23, 2007 | Iranian Military | Mashad, Iran | None | |
| January 2, 2008 | Iran Air Iran Air Iran Air , formally Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the flag carrier airline of Iran, operating services to 60 destinations, 35 international and 25 domestic. The cargo fleet operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations... |
Fokker 100 | Tehran | None |
| Aug. 24, 2008 | Iran Aseman Airlines Iran Aseman Airlines Iran Aseman Airlines is an airline based in Tehran, Iran, operating scheduled domestic and regional flights within the Persian Gulf area, as well as charter and air taxi services... Flight 6895 |
Boeing 737-219 | Bishkek Bishkek Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to... , Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east... |
68 fatalities; 15 injured Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, an Itek Air Boeing 737-219 Advanced , was a charter flight operated on behalf of Iran Aseman Airlines which crashed on 24 August 2008 near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan while en route to Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran, Iran... |
| February 15, 2009 | IrAn-140 | near Isfahan/Shahin Shahr-Hesa Air Base | 5 fatalities | |
| July 15, 2009 | Caspian Airlines Caspian Airlines Caspian Airlines is an airline headquartered in Tehran, Iran. Established in 1993, it operates services between Tehran and other major cities in Iran and international flights to Syria, Turkey, UAE and Ukraine. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran.-History:The airline was... Flight 7908 |
Tupolev Tu-154 Tupolev Tu-154 The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown... |
Jannatabad, outside Qazvin Qazvin Qazvin is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 349,821, in 96,420 families.... , Iran |
168 fatalities Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 was a scheduled commercial flight from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan, Armenia, that crashed near the village of Jannatabad, outside the city of Qazvin in north-western Iran, on 15 July 2009... |
| July 24, 2009 | Aria Air Aria Air Aria Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates international and domestic passenger services. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport.- History :The airline was established and started operations in 2000 as Aria Air Tour... Flight 1525 |
Ilyushin IL-62M | Mashhad Mashhad Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its... , Iran |
16 fatalities; 19 injured Aria Air Flight 1525 Aria Air Flight 1525 was a scheduled Iranian domestic flight which crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, on 24 July 2009.-Aircraft:... |
| January 9, 2011 | Iran Air Iran Air Iran Air , formally Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the flag carrier airline of Iran, operating services to 60 destinations, 35 international and 25 domestic. The cargo fleet operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations... Flight 277 |
Boeing 727 Boeing 727 The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine, T-tailed commercial jet airliner, manufactured by Boeing. The Boeing 727 first flew in 1963, and for over a decade more were built per year than any other jet airliner. When production ended in 1984 a total of 1,832 aircraft had been produced... |
Orumieh(OMH), Iran | 79 fatalities; 24 injured; 2 losthttp://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110109-0 |
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