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15 killed after military cargo plane crashes in Iran

Iran military Boeing 707 cargo plane crashes killing 15.

A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of the Iranian capital, killing 15 out of the 16 people on board, the Iranian army said.

A flight engineer survived and was taken to hospital, the army said in a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency.

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