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Fully loaded with fuel. Image of a C-130- en.wikipedia.org...
In 2005 the C-130, a four-engine turboprop, crashed in the Azari suburb of Tehran, site of the Towhid apartment complex that is home to air force personnel and near Tehran's Mehrabad airport.
Before firefighters extinguished the blaze, flames roared from the roof and windows in several of the upper floors.
Before firefighters extinguished the blaze, flames roared from the roof and windows in several of the upper floors.
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“The plane disintegrated and all the bodies are burnt,” said Lieutenant Nasser Sedigh-Nia, who witnessed the crash. “A young girl jumped from the window because of the flames. Most of the victims on the ground are women and children who were at home.”
I saw the airplane. there was smoke coming out of one engine. It went into the ground very fast, very close to the building," said 30-year-old Mohammad Rasooli, a local resident. "There was a huge explosion which engulfed the housing block."
Originally posted by mikelee
“The plane disintegrated and all the bodies are burnt,” said Lieutenant Nasser Sedigh-Nia, who witnessed the crash. “A young girl jumped from the window because of the flames. Most of the victims on the ground are women and children who were at home.”
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Police Chief Mortaza Talaei, said one wing of the transport plane hit the second floor as the fuselage crashed to ground
Official media said all 94 on board the C-130 - bought from the United States before the Islamic revolution nearly three decades ago - died in the crash at the foot of a high-rise housing block and domestic gas supply depot.