Date: February 1st, 2000
Type: Airbus A-300
Registration: EP-IBR
Operator: Iran Air
Where: Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, Iran, USA
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This is not an accident investigation report.



Iran Air Airbus 300 destroyed in crash. An Iran Air Force C-130 collided with an empty Iran Air Airbus 300 (EP-IBR) while taking off from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport. All 10 crewmembers aboard the Hercules plane died.

Reports from Iran say 10 people were killed in a collision between two planes on the ground at the main airport in Tehran. Civil aviation chief Behzad Mazaheri told AFP news agency that 10 Iranian soldiers had been burned alive when their transport crashed into an airliner after a technical failure on take-off.

The official Iranian news agency said an Iran Air passenger plane had been taxiing towards a aircraft hangar when it hit a military cargo plane speeding for take-off.

Both aircraft caught fire and it took several hours to put out the flames.