Tehran: At least 77passengers were killed and 35 injured when an Iranian passenger plane crashed in bad weather in northwestern Iran on Sunday.
The plane crashed near north western city of Orumiyeh due to thick fog. As many as 94 passengers and11 crew members were on board of the ill-fated plane.
Iranian President  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered a probe into the crash. Preliminary investigation said that fog and lack of visibility might caused the crash.
Relatives of people aboard gathered at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport to get information from authorities, a Reuters cameraman said.
Shahrokh Nioushabadi, a spokesman for Iran’s national airline, Iran Air, said that two children were among the passengers.
State television said the Iran Air plane was en route from Tehran to Urumiyeh.
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