Iran Press/Asia: President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov has expressed condolences to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani over the deadly crash of the cargo plane, which led to the death of 15 people.
According to Mehr News Agency, in a Tuesday message, the Kyrgyz president said: “With a deep sense of sorrow, I took the news of human casualties as a result of a plane crash at the Fath airfield of the city of Karaj.”
“Please convey my deepest condolences and words of sympathy to the families and friends of the victims. I wish the injured a speedy recovery,” he added.
The plane was a Boeing 707 belonging to the Iranian army, which was carrying meat from the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan.
It crashed after it overshot the runway during landing, which led to the death of all 16 people on board except the flight engineer who is reported to be in a critical condition.
Out of the 16 people on board, only one survived the crash.
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