Tehran - Mashhad

On February 8, 1993 at 02:16 PM, Tehran - Mashhad experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-154, operated by Iran Airtour, with the event recorded near Tehran-Mehrabad Tehran City District.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

131 people were known to be on board, 131 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 12, passengers on board: 119, passenger fatalities: 119, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft just departed runway 29R at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport and and continued to climb when it collided with an Iranian Air Force Su-24MK fighter that was preparing to land on runway 29L. Both aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed on a military depot located 15 km from the airport. All 131 occupants of the TU-154 and both pilots on board the fighter were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration EP-ITD, MSN 91A903, year of manufacture 1991.