Iran's Second Air Disaster In 10 Days
An Iranian airliner overshot a runway and struck the airport
perimeter wall, killing 17 of the 153 people on board, and injuring
19 others. "There was an accident and a fire involving a passenger
plane from Tehran to Mashhad," the official IRNA news agency
reported, quoting the deputy governor of Khorasan province,
Ghahreman Raid.