Iran TV Says 1 Dead When Plane Skids Off Tehran Runway Wednesday April 20, 5:46 PM EDT TEHRAN (AP)--An airliner carrying 157 passengers skidded off a runway into a river at Tehran's Mehrabad airport on Wednesday, killing a child, state-run television reported. Several passengers were reported injured. Television reports said the landing gear of the Saha Airlines Boeing 707 failed to open and the plane caught fire after making a hard landing, its nose and wing slamming into the runway. State TV quoted the airline's managing director, identified only by his last name Nikokar, as saying a child was killed. A woman passenger told the broadcaster that her son was missing. "Only one person has been killed and a number of passengers have been injured, " television quoted Nikokar as saying. Initially, government television said 50 people were killed, then changed its report to say scores were dead. It later retracted both claims and said only that passengers were confirmed injured. The government television said part of the plane's fuselage plunged into a river but passengers were able to get out of the craft. The injured, many of whom suffered broken bones, have been taken to Tehran hospitals for treatment, the television said. The plane, carrying 157 passengers, eight of them children, had just arrived from the tourist island of Kish in the Persian Gulf at 10:15 p.m. (1745 GMT). Saha Airline Services is owned by the Iranian military but also operates civilian flights. It wasn't immediately known whether military personnel were on board. Roger EWROPS