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Tu-154 of Caspian Airlines similar to the one involved in the incident
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | 15 July 2009 (2009-07-15) |
| Summary | Mechanical Failure |
| Place | near Qazvin, Iran 36°8′33″N 49°59′38″E / 36.1425°N 49.99389°E / 36.1425; 49.99389Coordinates: 36°8′33″N 49°59′38″E / 36.1425°N 49.99389°E / 36.1425; 49.99389 |
| Passengers | 153 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Fatalities | 168 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154 |
| Airline/user | Caspian Airlines |
| Registration | EP-CPG |
| Flew from | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran, Iran |
| Flying to | Zvartnots International Airport, Yerevan, Armenia |
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 was a scheduled commercial flight from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan, Armenia, that crashed near the village of Jannatabad, outside the city of Qazvin in north-western Iran, on 15 July 2009.
