Caspian Airlines aircraft crashes in overrun runway event

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Mon Jan 27, 2020

A Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EP-CPZ performing flight IV-6936 from Tehran Mehrabad to Mahshahr (Iran) with 144 people on board, has overrun the runway but there are no fatalities reports Aviation Herald. According to Aviation Herald, the MD-83 "broke through the airport perimeter fence and came to a stop on the Mahshahr-Sarbandar Expressway (96) about 170 meters past the end of the runway with all gear collapsed." https://youtu.be/Y0Yl0mYWeDk It added that "the aircraft was evacuated while emergency services began to respond. There were no injuries, the aircraft received substantial damage." The MD-83 is a twinjet and accommodates up to 180 passengers. SEE stunning first video of the Boeing 777x inflight
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