Tupolev TU-154 crash, Feb 8, 1993 (131 killed), Tehran-Me...
Tupolev TU-154 accident on February 8, 1993 near Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran with 131 fatalities. Cause: Mid-air collision attributed...
- Date: February 8, 1993
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154
- Location: Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran
- Fatalities: 131
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Mid-air collision attributed to poor coordination between civil and military air traffic control; the Su-24 was landing on the parallel runway.
An Iran Airtour Tu-154 had just left runway 29R at Tehran-Mehrabad and was climbing when it collided with an Iranian Air Force Su-24 preparing to land on the parallel runway. Both aircraft went into an uncontrolled descent and crashed on a military depot about 15 km from the airport. All Tu-154 occupants and both Su-24 pilots were killed.