The Boeing 747 passenger plane, which was en route to the coastal Iranian city of Bandar Abbas from Tehran, safely landed at an airport of the Iranian capital after part of its engine failed and then plummeted into Tehran's suburbs.
Some parts of passenger airplane which had emergency landing in #Tehran fell in the suburb of the city. #Iran pic.twitter.com/IKgbTXKyNg
— Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) 15 октября 2015
The 300 passengers which were on board the Mahan Air plane are all safe and sound now, media reports said.
Faramarz Sarvi, deputy head of the privately owned airline, explained that the pilots had decided to return to Tehran's Mehrabad Airport two minutes after takeoff when they detected the engine's failure.
#Pictures of MahanAir passenger plane Boeing 747 after its emergency landing in #MehrAbad Airport. #Iran pic.twitter.com/vzFiuXsFTX
— Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) 15 октября 2015
"A piece of engine number three came off and hit the body of the plane," Sarvi was quoted by Iran's PressTV as saying.
Whoa! Engine falls off passenger jet in Iran. Plane lands safely. Kudos to pilots, but #AreYouKiddingMe? #LiveOnKOMO https://t.co/6vVirt9w7n
— Cayle Thompson, KOMO (@CayleThompson) 15 октября 2015
He noted that the incident took place at about 7:15 a.m., and that all regular checks on the plane had allegedly been conducted ahead of the departure.
How does that even happen? Engine of passenger #plane falls to ground in #Tehran #Iran https://t.co/vBhJ7u3Oof
— michelle betz (@michellebetz) 15 октября 2015
Sarvi added that all the passengers had already left for their destinations on other aircraft.
