2000 Tehran airport collision

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2000 Tehran airport disaster

Accident
Date	2 February 2000 (2000-02-02)
Summary	Ground collision
Site	Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran.
Total fatalities	8
Total survivors	0
First aircraft
An Iran Air Force C-130, similar to the aircraft involved
Type	Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Operator	Iran Air Force
Flight origin	Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran
Destination	Hamadan Airbase, Hamada
Occupants	8
Crew	8
Fatalities	8
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
EP-IBR, the Iran Air Airbus A300 involved, when still wearing previous livery
Type	Airbus A300B2-203
Operator	Iran Air
Registration	EP-IBR
Occupants	0

On 2 February 2000, an Iran Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules departing from Mehrabad International Airport deviated from the runway and collided with an Iran Air Airbus A300 which was being towed towards a hangar with nobody onboard. All eight people on the C-130 died.^[1]