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.[1]
 The Tu-154 of Caspian Airlines involved in the incident | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 July 2009 |
| Summary | Mechanical failure |
| Place | near Qazvin, Iran 36°8′33″N 49°59′38″E / 36.14250°N 49.99389°ECoordinates: 36°8′33″N 49°59′38″E / 36.14250°N 49.99389°E |
| Passengers | 153 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Fatalities | 168 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154 |
| Airline/user | Caspian Airlines |
| Registration | EP-CPG |
| Flew from | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran, Iran |
| Flying to | Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan, Armenia |
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 Media
Memorial of victims at Tehran's Nor Burastan Cemetery
References
- ↑ "Islamic Republic News Agency :: URGENT: Plane crashes northwest Tehran". Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
Other websites
- "Meeting Notes Moscow IAC July 6, 2010." ( Archived May 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine) Iran Civil Aviation Organization. (in English)
- "Ту-154М EP-CPG 15.07.2009." ( Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine) Interstate Aviation Committee. (in Russian)
