Iranian rescue workers look for survivor

Mashad, IRAN: Iranian rescue workers look for survivors next to an airliner which caught fire on landing in the northeastern city of Mashhad 01 September 2006, killing 29 passengers. According to Iran's state television the Russian-made Tupolev, which was on an internal flight from the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, suffered a tyre burst on landing and swerved off the runway before hitting nearby barriers and bursting into flames, the television said. There were 148 passengers on board the flight, the television said, adding that some survivors had escaped without life-threatening injuries. Only 29 people were killed in the accident, Iran's civil aviation chief said, lowering earlier reports of up to 80 dead. AFP PHOTO/MEHR NEWS (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)