Qualla: The Last Boeing 707: A Wrong Runway in the Fog https://qualla.com/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:32 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/k/5/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: The Last Boeing 707: A Wrong Runway in the Fog https://qualla.com/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash The Last Boeing 707: A Wrong Runway in the Fog: Introduction https://qualla.com/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. The Boeing 707 that crashed near Karaj on January 14, 2019, was forty-two years old. It had first flown on November 19, 1976, delivered to the Imperial Iranian Air Force before the revolution that would rename everything about the country it served. By the time it reached Fath Air Base that January morning, EP-CPP was the last civilian Boeing 707 still operating anywhere in the world. It was carrying meat from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and its crew of sixteen expected to land at Payam International Airport. They landed somewhere else entirely.

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/k/5/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash-wp/tnk5-the-last-boeing-707-a-wrong-runway-in-the-fog-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full The Last Boeing 707: A Wrong Runway in the Fog: A Survivor of Revolutions and Engine Failures https://qualla.com/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. The aircraft's history reads like a condensed version of modern Iran. Built by Boeing and delivered to the Imperial Iranian Air Force in November 1976 as serial 5-8312, it served the Shah's military until the 1979 revolution transformed the force into the Islamic Republic of Iran...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/k/5/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash-wp/tnk5-the-last-boeing-707-a-wrong-runway-in-the-fog-a-survivor-of-revolutions-and-engine-failures.mp3 0:06 2 full The Last Boeing 707: A Wrong Runway in the Fog: The Wrong Runway https://qualla.com/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. The cargo flight departed Manas International Airport in Bishkek carrying meat bound for Payam International Airport, a civilian field near Karaj with adequate runway length for a 707. But the crew landed instead at Fath Air Base, a military installation nearby. Investigators bel...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/k/5/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash-wp/tnk5-the-last-boeing-707-a-wrong-runway-in-the-fog-the-wrong-runway.mp3 0:06 3 full The Last Boeing 707: A Wrong Runway in the Fog: Through the Wall https://qualla.com/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. The 707 overran the end of the runway at speed. It crashed through a perimeter wall and came to rest after colliding with a house in the neighborhood of Farrokhabad, in Fardis County, Alborz province. Security cameras captured the final moments: the aircraft tearing through the b...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/n/k/5/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash-wp/tnk5-the-last-boeing-707-a-wrong-runway-in-the-fog-through-the-wall.mp3 0:06 4 full The Last Boeing 707: A Wrong Runway in the Fog: End of an Era https://qualla.com/2019-saha-airlines-boeing-707-crash/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. The crash of EP-CPP ended more than sixteen lives. It ended the operational history of the Boeing 707 in civilian service. The type had entered airline service in 1958, inaugurating the jet age for commercial aviation. For six decades, 707s carried passengers and cargo across eve...

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