Semnan, Aug 15, IRNA – Two people on board of a training plane lost theirlives when it crashed in Eyvanekey, Semnan province, west of Tehran, onThursday morning.
The two people on board are definitely killed, said Ali Yahyaee, aprovincial Red Crescent Society official, adding that Eyvanekey Airportis privately run.
Yahyaee said that a rescue-and-relief operation team was sent to the area.
The deputy governor general of the province, Ali Hemmati, said the aircraftwas a training one and the instructor and his female trainee were killed inthe crash.
Hemmati said that most probably the cause of the crash has been technical,though, further investigations will get underway.
The plane crashed at about 9:00 a.m. on landing gear 200 meters awayfrom runway of the airport.