Plane’s Engine Catches Fire at Mehrabad Airport

EghtesadOnline: With passengers on board, the engine of Aseman Airlines’ Fokker 100 caught fire before it could fly from Tehran to Bushehr on Monday morning.

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20 September 2022

The flight reportedly suffered a technical failure at 5 a.m. when the engine was started.

The explosion of the engine led to a fire and the firefighting operation was carried out at Mehrabad International Airport, IRNA reported.

No passenger was injured; they were transferred to the terminal and another flight was arranged an hour later.