Passenger jet plane crashed in Iran near Qazvin city killing 168

15 July 2009. An Iranian airplane with 168 people aboard has just crashed in northwestern Iran. At the moment not much detailed information is disclosed. Iranian media reports all aboard "most probably dead". Iranian state television says the plane crashed near the city of Qazvin, 90 miles (140 km) northwest of Tehran. The doomed Tupolev airplane owned by Caspian Airlines was en route from Tehran, Iran to the Armenian capital, Yerevan. An iranian official reports that the jet was completely destroyed and the wreckage was in flames. The Caspian Air jet registered as Flight 7908 was carrying 15 crew members and 153 passengers (mostly Armenians) and crashed 16 minutes into the flight near Jannat-abad village, close to Qazvin, the local time of the tragic accident being 11:33 a.m. Eye witnesses said the jetliner fell from sky and exploded when hit the ground. 2009 proves to be the deadliest year for the Airline Industry every month at least one major aerial catastrophy taking place.
Video Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crash site - CNN.