Boeing 707 carrying 10 people crashes near Iran's capital

The plane caught fire and broke into pieces after crashing into a residential area. Photo: Twitter

According to local media, the accident occurred in the Karaj area, a suburb of the capital Tehran. The crashed Boeing-707 cargo plane, departing from Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and scheduled to land at Payam International Airport.

RT quoted Iranian emergency rescue officials as saying that the pilots lost control of the plane while landing at the airport, causing it to miss the runway and crash into a residential area.

However, it is not yet clear which party managed the ill-fated plane. Iran's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that the crashed plane belonged to Kyrgyzstan. Meanwhile, a spokesman for Kyrgyzstan's Manta airport said that the plane belonged to Iran's Payam Air.

Smoke rising from the scene of the accident. Photo: Twitter

Some sources said that the cargo plane was scheduled to land at Payam International Airport, but for unknown reasons it landed at Fath Airport. Some local news agencies said that the crash could have been due to bad weather.

Images posted on Iranian media showed the Boeing 707 apparently broken into pieces and on fire after the crash. Rescuers were quickly on the scene, but there were no specific figures on casualties or damage. According to local media, the pilot of the plane may still have survived the accident.

The scene of the Boeing 707 cargo plane crash on the outskirts of Tehran. Photo:Twitter.

The Boeing 707 is a small, four-engine, single-aisle aircraft that entered service in 1957. With a range of 5,000 km to approximately 11,000 km, it was once considered the aircraft that significantly changed the Western aviation industry. However, today major civil airlines no longer use this type of aircraft.