A hot-line is launched in Armenian MFA on Tehran-Yerevan air crash. For information call +37410562543, +37410566811 and +37410544041 (extension 202 or 217). The MFA clarifies the passengers’ number and identity.

At 11:33 am the 7908 “Caspian Airlines” flight crashed in Iran with 168 passengers and 15 crew members on board, Iranian public television informs.

The plane crashed 16 minutes after take-off from the International Imam Khomeini Airport near Jannatabad village, Qazvin province. The plane burnt at once after crashing. According to preliminary data all Armenian passengers are dead. According to some sources there were 2 kids and 2 Georgian citizens on the board. All crew members are Iranians.