Incident Boeing 727-286 Adv. EP-IRR,
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Date:Tuesday 18 October 2011
Time:16:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B722 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 727-286 Adv.
Owner/operator:Iran Air
Registration: EP-IRR
MSN: 20946/1052
Year of manufacture:1974
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 113
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Mehrabad International Airport - THR/OIII, Tehran -   Iran
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE)
Destination airport:Tehran-Imam Khomeini International Airport - IKA/OIIE
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
An Iran Air Boeing 727-286(A) was involved in a landing accident at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran. Flight IR742 from Moscow was approaching Tehran-Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA/OIIE) when the nose landing would not come down. The crew elected to divert to Mehrabad International Airport (THR/OIII), Tehran. The airplane landed with the nose landing gear retracted. There were no injuries among the 19 crew members and 94 passengers.

Sources:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-10/19/content_13929896.htm
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Iran-Air/Boeing-727-286-Adv/1999588/L?sid=8e2b1ca84378e10a899396f5406776f8

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 October 2009 EP-IRR Iran Air 0 over Iran non
Loss of pressurization

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Oct-2011 11:28 harro Added
19-Oct-2011 12:26 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
19-Oct-2011 22:02 ryan Updated [Source]
19-Oct-2011 22:03 harro Updated [Source, Embed code]
15-Feb-2012 08:51 harro Updated [Embed code]

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