the number of people on board was not known; ria novosti said that 95 passengers were on the plane, but reuters said there were 156 passengers and the associated press said there were 105 passengers. later reports said there were either 105 or 106 people on board. between 10 and 12 were crew and either 95 or 94 were passengers. the iran civil aviation organization said the day after the crash that a total of 93 passengers and 12 crew were on board.