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65 dead in Iran plane crash, airline says

In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, a rescue helicopter flies over the Dena mountains while searching for wreckage of a plane that crashed on Sunday, in southern Iran, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. (Ali Khodaei/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

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In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, a rescue helicopter flies over the Dena mountains while searching for wreckage of a plane that crashed on Sunday, in southern Iran, Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. (Ali Khodaei/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Feb 19, 2018

A commercial aircraft carrying 65 people crashed in Iran on Sunday, killing everyone on board, an airline spokesman told state media.

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