Iran on Wednesday expressed grief over a Brazilian plane crash in which up to 200 people were feared killed, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"The painful incident of the Brazilian plane crash, which left a number of passengers from the country dead, caused deep grief for the Iranian government and people," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said.
He also expressed sympathy with the bereaved families and extended his condolences to the Brazilian people and government.
Up to 200 people were feared dead after the passenger plane with more than 170 people aboard skidded off the runway on landing and hit a fuel storage tank at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport on Tuesday.
Brazilian airline TAM, owner and operator of the aircraft, said that 176 passengers and crew were aboard the Airbus A320 flying from Porto Alegre in southern Brazil to Sao Paulo when it lost control on landing and skidded off the wet runway.
Sao Paulo State Governor Jose Serra said rescue crews told him that there were likely no survivors on the plane.
Source: Xinhua
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