Official: Among 16 killed in plane incident only 3 are passengers

Civil Aviation spokesman said that among 16 persons killed in the plane incident here on Friday, there are only 3 passengers and the rest of them are the plane crew.

Reza Jafarzadeh said that among the crew 9 persons were citizens of Kazakhstan and 4 of them were Iranian.
He added that the plane, an Illushin– 62, belongs to Kazakhstan and was chartered by Aria Airline.
The spokesman said that around 30 people of the 153 people on board have been injured.

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