Accident: Caspian MD83 at Mahshahr on Jan 27th 2020, overran runway on landing
A Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EP-CPZ performing flight IV-6936 from Tehran Mehrabad to Mahshahr (Iran) with 144 people on board, landed on Mahshar’s runway 13 (landing distance available 2695 meters/8840 feet) at about 07:50L (04:20Z) but overran the end of the runway, broke through the airport perimeter fence and came to a stop on the Mahshahr-Sarbandar Expressway (96) about 170 meters past the end of the runway with all gear collapsed. The aircraft was evacuated while emergency services began to respond. There were no injuries, the aircraft received substantial damage. Aviation Herald |