2000 Tehran airport collision
Accident | |
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Date | 2 February 2000 (2000-02-02) |
Summary | Ground collision |
Site | Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran. |
Total fatalities | 8 |
Total survivors | 0 |
First aircraft | |
An Iran Air Force C-130, similar to the aircraft involved | |
Type | Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
Operator | Iran Air Force |
Flight origin | Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran |
Destination | Hamadan Airbase, Hamada |
Occupants | 8 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 8 |
Survivors | 0 |
Second aircraft | |
EP-IBR, the Iran Air Airbus A300 involved, when still wearing previous livery | |
Type | Airbus A300B2-203 |
Operator | Iran Air |
Registration | EP-IBR |
Occupants | 0 |
On 2 February 2000, an Iran Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules departing from Mehrabad International Airport deviated from the runway and collided with an Iran Air Airbus A300 which was being towed towards a hangar with nobody onboard. All eight people on the C-130 died.[1]
Aircraft
The first aircraft involved in the collision was a Lockheed C-130 Hercules.[1]
The second aircraft was an Airbus A300B2-203, registered as EP-IBR with serial number 061. It was manufactured by Airbus Industrie in 1979 and had logged 33700 airframe hours in 28100 takeoff and landing cycles. It was also powered by two General Electric CF6-50C2 engines.[2]
Accident
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules of the Iran Air Force (IRIAF) was scheduled to fly to Hamadan Airbase. The crew had received clearance to take off from runway 29R at Mehrabad International Airport. As the pilots were taking off they suddenly lost control of the aircraft, it veered off the runway and crashed into the Iran Air Airbus A300, which was being towed across the tarmac to a hangar. Both aircraft were destroyed by fire. Eight passengers aboard the Lockheed C-130 Hercules were killed.[1]
Aftermath
After the collision EP-IBR was burned down except the aircraft's tail and left wing. The vertical stabilizer was recovered from the wreck, overhauled, repainted, and installed as a decoration in front of the entrance to the Iran Air headquarters in Tehran.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c "Accident Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Wednesday 2 February 2000". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Other Airbus A300B2-203 EP-IBR, Wednesday 2 February 2000". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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