A private Turkish plane with 11 people on board, all women, crashed
in Iran on Sunday while taking the daughter of a top businessman and her
friends back home to Turkey from a celebration in the United Arab
Emirates.
Turkish and Iranian officials said there were eight passengers and
three crew aboard the plane which crashed in the south of Iran while
flying from Sharjah to Istanbul.
Media reports in Turkey said the eight passengers were Mina Basaran,
the daughter of a leading Turkish businessman, and her seven friends who
had spent the past days in the UAE to celebrate her marriage.
The crew, including the two pilots, were also all female, the reports said.
The reports, carried by the Hurriyet daily and several Turkish TV
channels, said the Bombardier Challenger 604 private plane belonged to
the Basaran Holding company of Mina's father Huseyin.
The Istanbul-based Basaran is active in the energy, construction and tourism sectors. It also owns hotels.
Reports said that just a day before, the eight young women had posted
a picture of themselves smiling and relaxing in Dubai on social media.
Source: thenational
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