Middle East/Africa

Technical fault blamed for Iran’s Antonov plane crash

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Technical fault blamed for Iran’s Antonov plane crash

Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) has announced that the main causes of the fatal crash of Iran-140 airplane near Tehran 18 months ago was due to a defect in electronic control system of the engines. The aircraft crashed on August 10, 2014, in west of the capital Tehran, shortly after take-off from Mehrabad Airport. 39 of the 48 passengers and crew on died.