Iran Air Flight 291 was a flight that crash landed on January 21, 1980. The flight, carried on a , was making a flight from to in Iran. At 19:11 local time, the plane crashed into the , north of , during its approach to Tehran-Mehrabad runway 29 in foggy and snowy weather conditions. All 8 crew members and 120 passengers died in the incident, and the plane was destroyed. At the time, Iran Air Flight 291 was the deadliest aircraft disaster in Iranian history.