Iran Air Tours Flight 956

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Passengers 107 Aircraft type Tupolev Tu-154M Date 12 February 2002 Total fatalities 119 (all) Passenger count 107		Survivors 0 Registration EP-MBS Operator Iran Air Tours Survivor 0 Crew count 12

Summary Controlled flight into terrain, pilot error Flight origin Tehran-Mehrabad Airport Tehran, Iran Similar EAS Airlines Flight 4226, TAME Flight 120, 2002 Prestige Airlines B, 2002 Iran Antonov An‑140 cr, Laoag International Airlines Fl

Iran Air Tours Flight 956 was a Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed on 12 February 2002. All 12 crew and 107 passengers were killed in the crash. It remains the fifth-worst crash in Iranian aviation history. The aircraft was carrying four government officials. It crashed 230 miles (370 km) south-west of Tehran.

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