Name: Iranian passenger plane slides off runway into highway, passengers safe
Uploaded: 2020-01-27T19:40:02+05:30
Duration: 1 min 46 s
Description: A Caspian Airlines plane slid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday, but all passengers were evacuated without injury

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A Caspian Airlines plane slid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday, but all passengers were evacuated without injury

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Iranian passenger plane slides off runway into highway, passengers safe