The bodies of eleven women, including three crew members, have been recovered after a private Turkish jet crashed in Iran while flying from United Arab Emirates to Turkey on March 11.
Bodies of all 11 women recovered from private Turkish jet crash in Iran
13 Mar 2018 - 10:42
The bodies of eleven women, including three crew members, have been recovered after a private Turkish jet crashed in Iran while flying from United Arab Emirates to Turkey on March 11.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency has reported that the Iranian authorities have also recovered the “black box” from the jet.
The aircraft’s black boxes will be handed to Turkish authorities, IRNA said.
The Bombardier Challenger 604 was carrying Mina Başaran, the daughter of a Turkish businessman, and seven of her friends.
Turkish media reported that Mina Başaran, the 28-year-old daughter of Hüseyin Başaran, had spent several days in the UAE with friends celebrating ahead of her wedding next month.
The flight took off on March 11 from Sharjah in the U.A.E.
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization said the plane crashed at 6:09 p.m. after the pilot requested to descend due to a “technical problem.”
Iranian state television quoted Mojtaba Khaledi, the spokesman of the country’s emergency management organization, as saying the plane hit a mountain in Shahr-e Kord and burst into flames.
Shahr-e Kord is some 370 kilometers south of the capital, Tehran. The state-run IRNA news agency and state television said rescuers were trying to reach the scene, high up in the Zagros Mountains. Khaledi later told a website associated with state TV that local villagers had reached the site in the mountains and found 11 badly burned bodies in the wreckage.
IRNA reported that a Turkish group close to the victims had arrived at Shahr-e Kord, accompanied by a Turkish diplomat.
It said all the bodies had been identified except two, which were badly burned.
The Turkish army said it had sent a plane and emergency personnel to Iran to assist in salvage efforts.
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