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Firefighters and Red Crescent rescuers work near the wreckage of a state-run Iran Air Boeing 727 airliner late on January 9, 2011 near the northwestern city of Orumiyeh in the West Azerbaijan province
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011

Open quoteThen, exactly like in the movies, the plane hit the ground and the lights went out.Close quote

  • HOSSEIN HAQIQI,
  • a survivor of Sunday's crash-landing of an Iran Air Boeing 727, which killed 77 of the 106 passengers onboard
Photo: ALIASQAR OFTADEH / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Reuters