| Date of Accident: | 20 April 2005 |  |
| Airline: | Saha Airlines |  |
| Aircraft: | Boeing 707-3J9C | |
| Location: | Tehran, Iran | |
| Registration: | EP-SHE | |
| Previous Registrations: | --- | |
| Flight Number: | 171 | |
| Fatalities: | 3:169 | |
| MSN: | 21127 | |
| Line Number: | 915 | |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Pratt & Whitney | |
| Engine Model: | JT3D-3B | |
| Year of Delivery: | 1976 | |
| Accident Description: | The aircraft touched down on runway 29L at Tehran at 10:15pm on a scheduled passenger flight from the Gulf city of Kish. Due to a failure of the aircraft's landing gear, the plane skidded off the runway into the Kan River. Three passengers were killed after falling into the river during evacuation. |
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Saha Air Boeing 707 EP-SHE. Photo Copyright: András Mihalik
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