sharjah plane crash
An Iranian plane has crashed near Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 43 people.The Kish Airlines flight was coming in to land after flying from the Iranian Gulf island of Kish at about 1100 local time (0700 GMT).
Reports say it went into a nosedive after asking for an emergency landing. Flight recorders have been retrieved.
Three survivors are seriously wounded in hospital. Other people who survived the initial crash later died.
Television footage from the scene of the crash showed several dead bodies, and flames and black smoke pouring from the wreckage of the front of the plane.
Shocked relatives, some of them crying, watched TV images of the crash at Sharjah airport.
About 12 of the passengers and all the crew were Iranian. There were also about 12 Indians and four Egyptians on board.
Police have been clearing the scene, as investigators try to establish what happened
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iranian plane crashes in Emirates
حبيت انزل الخبر بالانجليزي لما عليه من متابعة وبحث من الايرانيين والاجانب
Tuesday, 10 February, 2004, 16:01 GMT
iهذا الحادث كان في سنة 2004 والخبر جديم