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IRAN REPORTS TECH DEFECTS IN TUPOLEV-154 ENGINE
Press TV
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:22:15 GMT
A piece of wreckage from the Tupolev-154 crash
Iran says it has reported to Russia technical defects it discovered
in the motor engine of a Tupolev-154 plane that crashed in central
Iran in July, killing all 168 passengers.
Reza Nakhjavani, head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, told
the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) on Monday that Iran has yet
to receive the Russian manufacturer's report on the issue.
Based on the latest information concerning the plane crash, the
official said, "technical defects have been discovered in the engine of
the plane and the matter has been reported to the Russian manufacturer,
but we are yet to receive the results of the manufacturer's study."
The official said the defects came to light during the study of the
Qazvin plane crash, adding that the defects had not been detected in
Tupolevs before.
Nakhjavani said the decision to abolish or keep the planes hinges
upon the Russian manufacturer's confirmation of the report.
"If the Russian manufacturer approves our experts' views [on the
issue], we will then decide to either continue or stop Tupolev flights
in the country accordingly."
All the 168 people aboard the Tupolev Tu-154 en route to Armenia
were killed about 16 minutes after the airliner took off from the
Imam Khomeini International Airport near Tehran in July 2009.
Iran's Minister of Roads and Transportation said in January that
Iranian airlines will no longer be allowed to buy cheap or old
airplanes.
"[Iranian] airlines are allowed to buy planes produced after 1995,
but in the near future they will be allowed to purchase only planes
that are produced after 2000," Hamid Behbahani said.
He added that Iran has 193 passenger planes, of which 25 have been
purchased over the past ten months.
Press TV
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:22:15 GMT
A piece of wreckage from the Tupolev-154 crash
Iran says it has reported to Russia technical defects it discovered
in the motor engine of a Tupolev-154 plane that crashed in central
Iran in July, killing all 168 passengers.
Reza Nakhjavani, head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, told
the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) on Monday that Iran has yet
to receive the Russian manufacturer's report on the issue.
Based on the latest information concerning the plane crash, the
official said, "technical defects have been discovered in the engine of
the plane and the matter has been reported to the Russian manufacturer,
but we are yet to receive the results of the manufacturer's study."
The official said the defects came to light during the study of the
Qazvin plane crash, adding that the defects had not been detected in
Tupolevs before.
Nakhjavani said the decision to abolish or keep the planes hinges
upon the Russian manufacturer's confirmation of the report.
"If the Russian manufacturer approves our experts' views [on the
issue], we will then decide to either continue or stop Tupolev flights
in the country accordingly."
All the 168 people aboard the Tupolev Tu-154 en route to Armenia
were killed about 16 minutes after the airliner took off from the
Imam Khomeini International Airport near Tehran in July 2009.
Iran's Minister of Roads and Transportation said in January that
Iranian airlines will no longer be allowed to buy cheap or old
airplanes.
"[Iranian] airlines are allowed to buy planes produced after 1995,
but in the near future they will be allowed to purchase only planes
that are produced after 2000," Hamid Behbahani said.
He added that Iran has 193 passenger planes, of which 25 have been
purchased over the past ten months.