Iran : An Iranian passenger plane with 135 people on board has skidded off the runway and onto a road with its wheels still retracted — and, miraculously, no one was hurt.
“It ran out of runway when landing at Mahshahr airport with no casualties,” state news agency IRNA said.
Some other Iranian media outlets reported 135 passengers and seven crew members were on board but there was no official confirmation.
IRNA, quoting local aviation officials, said a technical issue delayed the plane’s landing which caused the accident.
Caspian Airlines Flight 6936 departed from the capital city, Tehran, early Monday and was set to land at Mahshahr Airport, in the country’s southwest, when it skidded onto Mahshahr-e-Ahwaz highway, according to Fars.
Iranian media reported that the pilot was unable to deploy the landing gear, adding that the incident was being investigated.
