At least 39 killed in Iranian plane crash

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At least 39 killed in Iranian plane crash

By Michelle Moghtader DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 39 people were killed on Sunday when an Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane crashed after takeoff from Tehran's Mehrabad airport on a flight to Tabas in northeast Iran, state media reported. Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said that eight or nine had survived and quoted a doctor as saying that one of the injured had regained consciousness. Iran's airlines have been plagued by crashes, which Iranian politicians blame on international sanctions that block the airlines from replacing their aging fleets. President Hassan Rouhani ordered a halt to all flights of the Iran-140 pending full investigation, IRNA said.

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