Fokker 100 crash, Jan 5, 1998, Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti
Fokker 100 accident on January 5, 1998 near Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti, Isfahan, Iran with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The approach was flown in...
- Date: January 5, 1998
- Aircraft: Fokker 100
- Location: Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti, Isfahan, Iran
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The approach was flown in fog after a weather diversion, and one account also refers to technical problems.
An Iran Air Fokker 100 on flight IR378 from Orumiyeh to Tehran was diverted to Isfahan because of poor weather at Tehran. On approach in fog it struck the ground short of the runway, lost its undercarriage and slid before stopping in desert terrain. All 113 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was written off.