66 feared dead as Aseman Airlines plane crashes in Iran mountains
Jet had left Teheran for Yasuj when accident happened; emergency services are struggling to locate wreckage
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ALL 66 people on board an Iranian passenger plane were feared dead on Sunday after it crashed into the country's Zagros mountains, with emergency services struggling to locate the wreckage in blizzard conditions.
Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 left Teheran around 0800 (0430 GMT) for the city of Yasuj, some 500 kilometres to the south, the airline's public relations chief Mohammad Tabatabai told state broadcaster IRIB.
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