Plane’s Engine Catches Fire at Mehrabad Airport

With passengers on board, the engine of Aseman Airlines’ Fokker 100 caught fire before it could fly from Tehran to Bushehr on Monday morning. 
The flight reportedly suffered a technical failure at 5 a.m. when the engine was started. 
The explosion of the engine led to a fire and the firefighting operation was carried out at Mehrabad International Airport, IRNA reported. 
No passenger was injured; they were transferred to the terminal and another flight was arranged an hour later.