Passengers 94 Survivors 113 (all) Registration EP-IRR Passenger count 94 | Injuries (non-fatal) 0 Date 18 October 2011 Total fatalities 0 (none) Crew count 19 | |
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Summary Landed with nose gear up Similar 2011 Avis Amur Antonov, Aerocon Flight 238, Missinippi Airways Cessna 2, Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, 2011 Tawang Town Mil | ||
Iran Air Flight 742 was a passenger flight which made an emergency landing at Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran, on 18 October 2011. After the nose gear failed to deploy, the crew diverted to Mehrabad and landed without the nose gear down. All 113 aboard survived.
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Aircraft
The aircraft involved, a Boeing 727-200, was operating Iran Air's scheduled international service from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, to Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport.
Accident
At 15:20 local time the flight was approaching Tehran with 94 passengers and 19 crew, with guided Captain Hushang Shahbazi when the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the approach.
Following unsuccessful troubleshooting the crew decided to divert to Mehrabad where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was not extended. The crew subsequently landed the aircraft without the nose gear on runway 29L at about 16:00 local time and came to a stand still on both main gear and the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft was evacuated, no injuries occurred.
Although initially the subject of a ban from flying while the incident was investigated, Captain Shahbazi was acclaimed as a national hero, and received more than 11,000 emails from people in Iran and overseas. He was subsequently forced into early retirement due to his political activism.