Wreckage of an Iranian airliner is seen in the Zagros mountains
AFP, Feb. 20, 2018 - Iranian rescue teams struggled to recover bodies on Tuesday from the wreckage of a plane that crashed in hazardous terrain near a mountain peak two days earlier with 66 people on board.
'Deep and dangerous crevices in the area of the crash have made it impossible for helicopters to land,' Rastinrooz, director of the regional medical Centre, told official news agency
'The bodies must be transferred by hand to the foot of the mountain which will be time-consuming,' he said.
Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 disappeared from radar as it flew over the Zagros mountain range on Sunday morning, around 45 minutes after taking off from Tehran on a domestic flight.
After two days of heavy snow and fog, the weather finally cleared on Tuesday morning, allowing a helicopter crew to spot a piece of the wreckage with the company's logo.
A pilot told state broadcaster IRIB he had seen 'scattered bodies around the plane' and that it was located on one of the Dena mountains at a height of around 4,000 metres (13,000 feet).
'Deep and dangerous crevices in the area of the crash have made it impossible for helicopters to land,' Rastinrooz, director of the regional medical Centre, told official news agency
'The bodies must be transferred by hand to the foot of the mountain which will be time-consuming,' he said.
Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 disappeared from radar as it flew over the Zagros mountain range on Sunday morning, around 45 minutes after taking off from Tehran on a domestic flight.
After two days of heavy snow and fog, the weather finally cleared on Tuesday morning, allowing a helicopter crew to spot a piece of the wreckage with the company's logo.
A pilot told state broadcaster IRIB he had seen 'scattered bodies around the plane' and that it was located on one of the Dena mountains at a height of around 4,000 metres (13,000 feet).
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