Eleven people were killed when a private Turkish plane crashed in Iran while travelling from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul on Sunday, a civil aviation spokesman said according to ISNA news agency.
The plane travelling from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed in southwestern Iran, the spokesman for Iran's Civil Aviation Organization said.
"We can confirm that a Turkish private jet ... while passing through our airspace disappeared from the radar and crashed near Shahr-e Kord," Reza Jafarzadeh told state television.
The plane reportedly belonged to the Turkish Başaran Holding investment company.
An emergency services spokesman was quoted by state TV as saying the plane crashed in a mountainous area and caught fire.
