Training plane crashed in Iran's Payam Airport

Hassan Rezaiefar, Director General of the Accident and Incident Investigation Office of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran announced the crash of a training plane at Payam Airport.

"On Monday morning at around 5:45, a training plane had an accident at Payam Airport, and the pilot and the other passenger of the flight lost their lives in the crash."

The accident investigation team of the Civil Aviation Organization has been dispatched to the accident site, he added.

According to Payam Airport Public Relations, the cause of the crash of the training plane was a technical defect.

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