Tehran - Khorramabad

On February 12, 2002 at 07:55 AM, Tehran - Khorramabad experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-154, operated by Iran Airtour, with the event recorded near Khorramabad Lorestan.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

119 people were known to be on board, 119 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: 107, passenger fatalities: 107, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Tehran, the crew started the descent to Khorramabad Airport runway 11 in bad weather conditions. In poor visibility, the crew failed to realize he was off course when the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located few km northeast from the city of Sarab-e Dowreh, about 25 km northwest from the runway 11 threshold. The wreckage was found few hours later on a snow covered rock wall. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 119 occupants were killed, among them four Spanish citizens.

Aircraft reference details include registration EP-MBS, MSN 91A871, year of manufacture 1991.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.5118°, 48.3581°.