Plane catches fire in Iran. Wasn't caused by terrorists. - Polidicks

[quote]TEHRAN (Reuters) - Some 42 Iranians were injured when a Russian-made Tupolev aircraft caught fire as it landed in northeastern Iran on Sunday, state radio said. "About 42 passengers, out of 157 aboard, were injured when the plane was landing at Mashhad city's airport," said Gholamreza Massoumi, head of Iran's emergency medical services. There were no fatalities, said Iran's civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh. A senior local official said the wounded were not in a critical condition, state television said. The official IRNA news agency said the incident occurred when the rear end of the plane, which belonged to Iran's domestic Taban Airliner, caught fire while landing. Mashhad is a popular destination for pilgrims among Iran's majority Shi'ite Muslims. The cause of the incident was being investigated, IRNA said. [b]Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency said on Sunday it will investigate the reasons behind the fire and said "weather conditions and visibility problems were most likely behind the incident," state-run news agency RIA-Novosti reported.[/b] "The airplane touched the ground with a large load, resulting in part of the runway being damaged," it said. In the worst plane crash in Iran in the past six years, a Tupolev aircraft crashed in 2009 in Iran on its way to Armenia, after catching fire mid-air and crashing into farmland killing all 168 people on board. Iran has suffered a string of crashes in the past few decades, many involving Russian-made aircraft. U.S. sanctions against Iran have prevented it from buying new aircraft or spare parts from the West, forcing it to add to its aging fleet of Boeing and Airbus planes with aircraft from Russia and other former Soviet Union states.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012401022.html[/url] I so badly wanted to say "Terrorists, you're doing it wrong :downs:" before reading the article. Plane blows up, caused by terrorists. Not news. Plane catches on fire, not caused by terrorists. Huge news.

Looks like the Iranian aviation department are [i]on fire[/i] lately

Not by terrorists, that's new. Well it's in the news

Visibility problems caused the fire? Wow those planes are touchy.

Looks like there's going to be some more [i]heated[/i] discussion with Iran.

I was gonna post something like, "I was on a plane on fire, So Iran." Then I realized that would not work.

[QUOTE=Split3ndz;19835120]Looks like there's going to be some more heated discussion with Iran.[/QUOTE] Well with a hot topic such as this, something is bound to spark.

"Iran's airplanes are the most stable in the world!" [img]http://politicalpartypooper.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/mahmoud-ahmadinejad21.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Split3ndz;19835120]Looks like there's going to be some more heated discussion with Iran.[/QUOTE] Dammit, out punned...

[quote]U.S. sanctions against Iran have prevented it from buying new aircraft or spare parts from the West, forcing it to add to its aging fleet of Boeing and Airbus planes with aircraft from Russia and other former Soviet Union states.[/quote] Another reason for Iran to hate the U.S. for I guess.

[QUOTE=Howlthrug;19835295]Another reason for Iran to hate the U.S. for I guess.[/QUOTE] Their loss.

Still shocked that they have to use outdated Russian aircraft, are the States scared of them making military jets or something?

[QUOTE=Pacmaney;19835338]Still shocked that they have to use outdated Russian aircraft, are the States scared of them making military jets or something?[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-154[/url] [quote]According to the BBC and aviation experts[who?], the Tu-154 has an average safety record considering its length of service (and heavy use in the most demanding conditions), and few accidents appear to have been due to technical failure.[18][/quote]

[QUOTE=Pacmaney;19835338]Still shocked that they have to use outdated Russian aircraft, are the States scared of them making military jets or something?[/QUOTE] That's the point of sanctions. We don't like what you're doing? We take away your toys even if you weren't going to use them to kill people.

It's like they build their planes with the mindset of Icarus.

"The United States is behind this." [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rW-OJ48AJBU/SkSt6GodlYI/AAAAAAAALBc/v4WW27Sl1hY/s320/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-pointing.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=JDK721;19835451]"The United States is behind this." [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rW-OJ48AJBU/SkSt6GodlYI/AAAAAAAALBc/v4WW27Sl1hY/s320/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-pointing.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Pretty much this.

[QUOTE=Umi-hebi;19835416][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-154[/url][/QUOTE] Still, I wouldn't feel safe flying in a plane that's nearly 40 years old.

[QUOTE=Pacmaney;19835515]Still, I wouldn't feel safe flying in a plane that's nearly 40 years old.[/QUOTE] Boeing 747s seem to do fine.

[QUOTE=Umi-hebi;19835554]Boeing 747s seem to do fine.[/QUOTE] Well I wasn't aware of its age, now I'm scared shitless of flying in one now.

[QUOTE=Pacmaney;19835572]Well I wasn't aware of its age, now I'm scared shitless of flying in one now.[/QUOTE] Difference is matinence in the west is almost certainly of a higher standard.