A passenger plane in Iran had to make an emergency landing on Thursday after one of its engines reportedly fell off and landed in an urban locality in Tehran.
The Mahan Air plane, belonging to the private Iranian airline, had taken off from Tehran when it reportedly experienced an engine failure.
There were said to be 300 passengers on board the plane at the time, according to local media.
Local journalists in Tehran tweeted that the engine had actually fallen out of the plane and landed in a suburb of Tehran.
The reporters also shared images of the plane part.
The plane then made an emergency landing at the Tehran airport. It is not clear if anyone was injured in the incident.
#Iran: MahanAir 747Boeing's engine detaches & falls in an urban area. Plane miraculously returns to #Tehran airport. pic.twitter.com/LAUAlsGNGZ
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) October 15, 2015
A passenger airplane in #Iran w over 300 passengers had emergency landing in #Tehran's MehrAbad Airport for failure in one of its engines. — Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) October 15, 2015
Some parts of passenger airplane which had emergency landing in #Tehran fell in the suburb of the city. #Iran pic.twitter.com/IKgbTXKyNg
— Abas Aslani (@abasinfo) October 15, 2015
