Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 20 April 2005
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-3J9C
Owner/operator: Saha Air
Registration Number: EP-SHE
Location: Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) –
ÿ Iran
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 169
Component Affected: Boeing 707 landing gear and tyre.Boeing 707 landing gear and tyre.
Category: Accident
A Boeing 707 aircraft experienced a catastrophic landing failure on runway 29L, resulting in a slide off the runway and subsequent drowning of three passengers in the Kan River. The incident resulted in fatalities.A Boeing 707 aircraft experienced a catastrophic landing failure on runway 29L, resulting in a slide off the runway and subsequent drowning of three passengers in the Kan River. The incident resulted in fatalities.
Description
After touchdown on runway 29L problems with the undercarriage (failure of a landing gear or tyre burst) caused the Boeing 707 to slide off the runway into the Kan River. Three passengers were killed after they fell in the river during the evacuation.
Primary Cause
Landing gear failure or tyre burst on the aircraft’s undercarriage.Landing gear failure or tyre burst on the aircraft’s undercarriage.Share on:
