Tu -154 collapsed to the ground 16 minutes after takeoff
168 people died in a plane crash Yesterday, in the north-west of Iran, a passenger Tu-154, owned by the local Caspian Airlines, crashed near the city of Kazvin. The liner, on board of which there were 153 passengers, including two children, as well as 15 crew members, flew from Tehran to the capital of Armenia Yerevan. The tragedy occurred at 11.09 (Moscow time) only 16 minutes after departure from Khomeini International Airport.