Last updated: 15 May 2021
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Wednesday 20 April 2005 |
| Time: | 22:05 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-3J9C |
| Operator: | Saha Air |
| Registration: | EP-SHE |
| MSN: | 21127/915 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 157 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 169 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) ( Iran)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kish Island Airport (KIH/OIBK), Iran |
| Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII), Iran | |
| Flightnumber: | 171 |
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.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» CAO Iran» IRNA
» Khaleej Times
» Reuters
Photos
accident date: 20-04-2005
type: Boeing 707-3J9C
registration: EP-SHE
accident date: 20-04-2005
type: Boeing 707-3J9C
registration: EP-SHE
accident date: 20-04-2005
type: Boeing 707-3J9C
registration: EP-SHE
accident date: 20-04-2005
type: Boeing 707-3J9C
registration: 5-8311
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kish Island Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 1043 km (652 miles).
Distance from Kish Island Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport as the crow flies is 1043 km (652 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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