All 65 aboard plane feared dead in crash in southern Iran 2/19/2018 9:33:10 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print All on board Flight EP3704 were killed. It had 59 passengers and six crew members TEHRAN, USA Today, Feb. 18, 2018  — An Iranian airplane brought back into service only months ago after being grounded for seven years crashed Sunday in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, and officials feared all 65 people on board were killed. The ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern city of Yasuj, 485 miles south of the capital, Tehran, where it took off. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, although weather was severe. Dense fog, high winds and heavy snow in the Zagros Mountains made it impossible for rescue crews in helicopters to reach the site, state television reported. Aseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai told state TV that all o...