Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

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Feb 18 - #Iran
A passenger plane with 60 passengers & six crew left Tehran for Yasuj. 20 minutes into the flight the plane went off radar & crashed near Isfahan in the Padena mountains.
(Map shows Tehran-Isfahan-Yasuj)
(2nd map shows sight of plane crash)

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Feb 18 - Yasuj airport, #Iran
Families of passengers aboard the Tehran-Yasuj plane awaiting news about their loved ones.
Some of the passengers' names are seen here.

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Feb 18 - Yasuj airport, #Iran
More footage of grieving families of passengers aboard the Tehran-Yasuj plane awaiting news about their loved ones.

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Feb 18 - #Iran
On Jan 25 this ATR72 passenger plane in flight was ordered to return to Tehran due to technical difficulties, reports indicate. No actions were taken to resolve the technicalities and such negligence could have led to today's catastrophe, reports add.

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Feb 18 - #Iran
Map shows flight path.
Elevation - 19,000 ft
Data Source - RPL
Hossein Alaei, Director General of the Aseman Airlines company, is a former Revolutionary Guards commander.

My deepest condolences to the grieving family members...

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The last text message from one of the passengers.
"May God have mercy on our souls..."
#Iranian users are on this hashtag: #سقوط_هواپیما

Images of the crew and a number of passengers who lost their lives in today's tragic plane crash.
Again, my sincere condolences to the families and all people across #Iran...
#سقوط_هواپیما

#Iran activists are citing informed sources saying this ATR plane first flew in 1993. It was grounded for many years in Shiraz and recently returned to service after undergoing repair and overhaul.
EP_ATS registered and reactivated this plane.
#سقوط_هواپیما

Feb 18 - #Iran
Ilia & Taha Daneshi, the children of brain & nerve specialist Dr. Abdulhadi Daneshi, were on board today's plane along with their mother.
Rest in peace...
#سقوط_هواپیما

Feb 18 - #Iran
The last image of Alireza Jamei moments before boarding today's Aseman Air flight from Tehran to Yasuj.
Rest in peace...
#سقوط_هواپیمای_آسمان

Feb 18 - #Iran
Hojjatollah Fulad died in today's incident.
In 2013 he prevented the crashing of this same flight returning from Yasuj to Tehran, saving the lives of 60 passengers.
Rest in peace...
#سقوط_هواپیمای_آسمان

Feb 18 - #Iran
Azad University professors who lost their lives in today's incident.
Rest in peace...
#سقوط_هواپیمای_آسمان

Feb 18 - #Iran
Crisis meeting held in Yasuj airport. In this image you see six individuals looking at their mobile phones and one person (L) completely asleep.
Not even one has a paper and pen in hand with a plan...
This is #Iran's regime...
#سقوط_هواپیمای_آسمان

#Iran's regime has a dismal record in responding to catastrophes.
1) Feb 2004 - Neishabur train disaster leaving over 300 people killed
2) Jan 2017 - Plasco building fire
3) Nov 2017 - #Kermanshah earthquake
4) Jan 2018 - Sanchi oil tanker
5) Today - ATR plane crash
#سقوط_هواپیما

Shedding more light into #Iran's plane crash
Mohammad Reza Tabesh: "A number of environment/natural resources experts, who in recent days defended the work of such activists, lost their lives in this crash."
#سقوط_هواپيما_ياسوج

When they have nothing left to say & know there are no excuses left, they resort to ridiculous remarks, claiming other countries are looking to buy #Iran's 25-year-old ATR planes(!)
#IranPlaneCrash

Another image of three environment experts who lost their lives in the recent #IranPlaneCrash. These individuals had recently defended the work of activists in this field.

Hossein Alaei, Director General of #Iran's Aseman Airlines.
He has been "missing" ever since the recent #IranPlaneCrash, according to activists. Alaei is a former Revolutionary Guards commander.

A family member of the recent #IranPlaneCrash victim asks #Iran's Transportation Minister:
"Were you willing to board that plane?"
Before getting an answer the minister's bodyguards push him away.

A family member of the recent #IranPlaneCrash victims desperately cries and says she was at the mountain & no rescue team was there.
"I begged to send a helicopter. They're alive. They called and said we are alive."

New images of the #IranAsemanAirlines plane crash site.
Sultani, a helicopter pilot, describes how the crash site is on the north part of Mt. Dena in the middle of snow and the area is terrain is very dangerous.
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First images of the deceased passengers of the #IranPlaneCrash.

The Mansourian sisters were the first to find the #IranAsemanAirlines crash site. Hats off to their effort.
#IranPlaneCrash

Latest image of the ATR 72 plane that crashed into Mt. Dena in south-central #Iran. Activists say this shows the severity of the crash.
#IranPlaneCrash

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#Iran MP Mohmmad Damadi said mismanagement in #IranAsemanAirlines can be one of the reasons behind the #IranPlaneCrash, adding the Weather Forecast Org. had warned of dangerous conditions around Mt. Dena.

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#Iran MP Mohmmad Damadi said many #IranAsemanAirlines pilots had filed complaints & more than 30 very capable pilots had resigned due to mismanagement. Some pilots say the company forces them to fly.

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Azar Jahromi, #Iran's Communications Minister confirms one of the #IranAsemanAirlines passengers contacted his/her family.
This could mean many of the passengers may have not died as a result of the #IranPlaneCrash & perished in the freezing cold waiting for help...