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Iran discovers black box of crashed passenger plane

Xinhua,March 03, 2018 Adjust font size:

TEHRAN, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's rescue operators have found the black box of the passenger plane which crashed last month with 66 people on board, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Saturday.

The rescue operators found the black box on the heights of Pazanpir, said Aziz Fili, the deputy governor of Kohgiluyeh.

Iranian Aviation Organization has not confirmed the news so far.

The ATR 72 turboprop aircraft belonging to Iran Aseman Airlines had taken off from the capital Tehran to Yasuj city in the central Iran at 05:00 a.m. local time (0130 GMT) on Feb. 18, but crashed near Bideh village of the central city of Semirom.

All the 66 people on the board were killed. Enditem

 

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