Airplane that crashed in Iran had logged technical problems 2/19/2018 9:29:06 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print The aircraft had “technical problems midair during a recent flight a few weeks ago” and had to make an emergency landing New York Post, February 18, 2018  - The plane that crashed in a foggy mountainous region of Iran Sunday — killing all 66 people aboard — had technical problems during a flight a few weeks ago, according to a local report. Aseman Airlines flight 3705 went down about 50 minutes into its 485 mile journey between Tehran’s Mehrabad airport and Yasuj, a city in the south of the country, killing 60 passengers, including a child, and 6 crewmembers. The airline has dismissed the possibility of a technical failure and pinned the blame on severe weather conditions in the region, Al Jazeera reported. But Iranian news website Roozarooz reported the aircraft had “technical problems midair during a recent flight a few weeks ago” an...