Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Dec 25, 1952 (27 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on December 25, 1952 near Tehran Tehran City District, Iran with 27 fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion after an...
- Date: December 25, 1952
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Tehran Tehran City District, Iran
- Fatalities: 27
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion after an approach abandoned in fog and a diversion
An Iran Air DC-3 on a scheduled flight from Abadan was diverted in heavy fog while descending toward Tehran Mehrabad. It ran short of fuel and made an emergency landing in a field about 7 km from the airport, where most occupants were killed.