IRGC plane catches fire during landing in Iran (UPDATE)

27 May 2014 13:55 (UTC+04:00)

details added (the first version posted at 14:43)

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 27

By Umid Niayesh - Trend:

An Antonov plane belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has caught fire during landing in Iran's southern city of Yazd airport.

The plane was on a training flight and caught fire due to technical problems while landing, Iran's ISNA news agency reported on May 27.

The rescue teams and fire-fighters attended the incident and extinguished the fire, according to the report.

The public relation department of the IRGC reported that nobody was injured in the incident.

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