Date:20/02/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/02/20/stories/2003022008750101.htm

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Plane with 250 crashes

TEHERAN FEB. 19.

An Iranian aircraft crashed near the central city of Kerman this evening with atleast 250 people onboard, the state television reported.

The Antonov aircraft was on a flight from the south eastern town of Zahedan, when it went down in the Shahdab area, the report said without specifying whether the passengers were soldiers or civilians.