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An Iranian plane lands in the middle of a highway without causing casualties

Tehran, Iran

A plane of the Iranian airline Caspian with 142 people on board landed on Monday in the middle of a highway in the city of Mahshahr, in southwestern Iran, without causing casualties even though the incident was appalling.

The plane, a Boeing MD that covered the Tehran-Mahshahr line, it hit the metal fences of the airport and entered the adjoining highway, but did not catch fire.

None of the 135 passengers and seven crew members were injured, nor were the citizens who were driving on the road at that time, according to the Iran Civil Aviation Organization.

Emergency and fire crews moved to the scene of the incident and authorities diverted traffic to other roads.

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The videos broadcast on social networks show the device crossed on the highway and the passengers descending from it, while several cars remain stopped.

To investigate the causes of the incident of flight 6936 he has moved to Mahshahr, in the province of Juzestán, a team of experts from Tehran.

The director of the airports of Juzstan, Mohamad Reza Rezaei, He told the official IRNA agency that the pilot was delayed at the time of landing and that due to that delay the plane ended up on the highway.

This incident occurs the same month in which the Iranian Armed Forces They will accidentally shoot down a Ukrainian plane with 176 people on board south of Tehran.

This demolition, initially denied by Tehran and which caused the death of all the occupants of the apparatus, has caused great controversy both in Iran and abroad.

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