Tehran - Shiraz

On January 2, 2008 at 07:32 AM, Tehran - Shiraz experienced a crash involving Fokker 100, operated by Iran Air, 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 airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

113 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 113 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 105, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While preparing the flight at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, the copilot proceeded with a walk around check of the airplane. As the OAT was near freezing level and there were some light snow showers, he requested a deicing. Nevertheless, as there were already a few number of aircraft waiting for deicing, the captain decided to takeoff without deicing. At 0731LT, the crew was cleared for takeoff and started the takeoff procedure. After liftoff, the aircraft started to roll to the left then to the right. Losing altitude, the left wing impacted ground and the aircraft crash landed, coming to rest and bursting into flames. All 113 occupants were rescued, among them 11 were seriously injured including four crew members.

Aircraft reference details include registration EP-IDB, MSN 11299, year of manufacture 1990.