Kyrgyzstan Expresses Condolence Over Iran Plane Incident

Expressing condolences to the families of the victims, President Jeenbekov sympathized with the bereaved families who lost their loved ones in the plane crash

Kyrgyzstan, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jan, 2019 ) :Expressing condolences to the families of the victims, President Jeenbekov sympathized with the bereaved families who lost their loved ones in the plane crash.

The plane that crashed in an Iranian airport Monday morning Jan 14 was carrying meat from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, said the Public Relations Office of the Iranian Army in a statement.

The plane which was a Boeing cargo 707 made an emergency landing in Fath Airport, in the province of Alborz west of capital, Tehran. It was on the runway when it hit a wall and caught fire.

Soon after the incident, an official of Iran Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) said on condition of anonymity that the Boeing-707 mistakenly landed at Fath Airport in Karaj while the pilot could not control the plane on the runway.

According to Mehrdad Alibakhshi Director of the Crisis Management Department of Iran's Forensic Medicine Organization, out of 16 passengers, only one survived in the crash.

All the 15 bodies transferred to Forensic Medicine Organization, with one woman also among them, have been identified.