A private Turkish plane carrying 11 people has crashed in southern Iran, Iranian state television reported Sunday.

Iran Civil Aviation Organization spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh told state television, “We can confirm that a Turkish private jet … while passing through our airspace disappeared from the radar and crashed near Shahr-e Kord.”

The plane had reportedly taken off from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, and burst into flames when it crashed on a mountain.
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