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Terrifying Mid-Air Emergency as Plane Ceiling Suddenly Collapses

  • On Tuesday, a Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737 was forced to return to Mashhad Nejad International Airport after experiencing a mechanical failure while en route to Kermanshah International Airport.
  • Reports indicate a tyre burst on departure, which reportedly forced the aircraft to abandon its trip to Kermanshah and make an emergency landing back in Mashhad.
  • Horrifying footage shared on Reddit captures the aircraft shaking violently before cabin ceiling panels collapsed onto passengers, leaving sections of internal structure exposed as they screamed in fear.
  • All passengers and crew evacuated safely once the aircraft stopped, with no reported injuries, and the airline subsequently transferred travelers to another flight to Kermanshah.
  • Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation opened an investigation into the failure, following a previous incident on August 25 when a Sepehran Boeing 737 carrying 127 people veered off the runway in Mashhad, according to The Indian Express.
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VIDEO - The scene, as unusual as it was scary, was filmed by a passenger shortly after a Sepehran Airlines flight took off.

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The attempt to take off an Iranian aircraft turned into deadly panic moments, after being violently shaken and falling apart from the ceiling. Surprise was that the plane had not yet taken off, as the crew stopped taking off because of a malfunction in the landing group.

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A group of passengers lived minutes of real panic and terror after the plane in which they were traveling suffered a failure only shortly after taking off and had to return from emergency to Mashhad airport in Iran. Specifically, the aircraft flew over the city without part of the cabin roof, it continues reading "Video captures panic and terror in the air: Iranian flight fails and loses part of its roof after taking off"

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The incident occurred when one of the aircraft ' s tyres burst during the take-off race.

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