Boeing 707 crash, Apr 20, 2005 (3 killed), Tehran-Mehrabad
Boeing 707 accident on April 20, 2005 near Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran with 3 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The probable cause is...
- Date: April 20, 2005
- Aircraft: Boeing 707
- Location: Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The probable cause is a landing gear or tyre failure after touchdown, with the aircraft unable to stop in time.
A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 flying Kish Island to Tehran landed at Mehrabad at night and could not stop in the remaining runway. It overran, went down an embankment and stopped in a canal near the runway 11R threshold. The gear and engine 3 were torn off and the aircraft was written off, with three passengers killed and about 50 injured.