Status:Preliminary
Date:Sunday 10 August 2014
Time:09:18
Type:HESA IrAn-140-100
Operator:Sepahan Airlines
Registration: EP-GPA
C/n / msn: 9005
First flight: 2008
Engines: 2 Klimov TV3-117VMA-SBM1
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants: 40
Total:Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 48
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off - damaged beyond repair
Location:ca 3 km NNW of Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR)
Iran
Phase: Initial climb - ICL
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran
Destination airport:Tabas Airport (TCX/OIMT), Iran
Flightnumber:5915
Narrative
A HESA IrAn-140 passenger plane, operated by Sepahan Airlines, crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR), Iran. There were 40 passengers and 8 crew members on board. The airplane broke up and burst into flames.
Current information reported by FARS news agency suggest that eight occupants survived. So far, 31 bodies have been found.
The IrAn-140 is an Antonov 140 turboprop aircraft, built under license by HESA in Iran. Sepahan Air, which is a division of HESA, operated five IrAn-140's
https://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=20140810-0