The number of deaths in fire aircraft IL-62M local airline Aria Air at the airport of the Iranian city of Mashhad was 16 people.

This is today, 24 July, the agency said Iranian Press TV. To refine the data, 16 people were killed and 21 was injured.

At the same time, the local agency IRNA reported on the death of 17 people and wounding 19.

Recall passenger Il-62M airliner caught fire while attempting to land at the international airport in the Iranian city of Mashhad in the thousands of kilometers from Tehran. On board the aircraft, which flew from the Iranian capital, before 160 people.

As AP reported, when boarding a ship fire chassis, it vykatilsya beyond the runway and crashed into the fence. After that, the plane caught fire in the cockpit.

Previously, there were conflicting figures on the number of victims. In particular, the site of Iran's Press TV channel reported that as a result of the accident killed 30 people and another 20 were wounded.