Boeing cargo plane carrying 10 people crashes during landing in Iran

The plane hit a building after the pilot chose the wrong runway while trying to land at Fath airport in Alborz province, just east of Tehran

AFP | PTI  |  Tehran 

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A military cargo plane crashed near the Iranian capital with 10 people onboard, state TV reported Monday.

"The plane was a cargo 707 that overshot the runway during its landing," Iran's aviation organisation spokesman told state broadcaster IRIB.

Conservative news agencies Fars and Tasnim said it was a military cargo plane carrying meat from the capital of Bishkek.

IRIB said the plane hit a building after the pilot chose the wrong runway while trying to land at in Alborz province, just east of

First Published: Mon, January 14 2019. 12:15 IST