Iranian plane catches fire
02/01/2008 09:55  - (SA)  

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Tehran - The wings of an Iranian national carrier plane caught fire upon take-off on Wednesday at a Tehran airport but no one was injured, an airport official said.

"A (Dutch-made) Fokker 100 Iran Air plane which was going from Tehran to Shiraz (south) skidded off the runway," said the head of the air traffic control at Tehran's Mehrabad airport, identified only as Rasoulinejad.

"Its wheels were disconnected and part of its wing caught fire," he was quoted as saying on the Iranian state television website. The accident occurred at around 04:00 GMT amid heavy snow.

Rasoulinejad added that all the one hundred passengers on board are safe and awaiting another plane to take them to Shiraz.

- AFP

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