http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26378754/ Passenger jet crashes on take-off in Kyrgzstan Boeing-737 reportedly was heading to Iran with dozens of passengers =09 BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A passenger jet carrying at least 83 people to Iran c= rashed Sunday near the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz and U.S. official= s said. Russia's RIA-Novosti news agency quoted a Kyrgyz civil aviation off= icial as saying 25 people survived. The Boeing 737 crashed near the Bishkek airport, Maj. Damian Pickart, publi= c affairs officer for the Manas U.S. air base told The Associated Press. Th= e U.S. air base is at Bishkek's airport. Pickart said there were 83 people = aboard. An airport official said the crash occurred after the crew reported a techn= ical problem on board about 10 minutes into the flight to Tehran, Iran, and= that the plane was returning to the airport. The official said she was not= authorized to give her name. Story continues below =E2=86=93advertisement Kyrgyz Interior Minister Maldomusa Kongatiyev told the AP there were seven = crew members on board in addition to the 83 passengers. He said the plane w= ent down 6 miles from the airport. Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Minister K= amchibek Tashiyev as saying the plane crashed about 3 miles from the airpor= t and had 123 people on board. he unidentified Kyrgyz civil aviation official quoted by RIA-Novosti said t= here were more than 120 abroad and that 25 survived. It said nine had been = taken to hospitals. Pickart said the U.S. base sent ambulances and firefighting equipment in re= sponse to a Kyrgyz request for help. The airport official said the plane belonged to Itek Air, a Kyrgyz company,= but was operated by Iran Aseman Airlines. Interfax said the plane was head= ed to Mashhad in northeastern Iran. Itek Air has been banned from operating in the airspace of the European Uni= on, according to a list published by the EU July 24.=20 =0A=0A=0A <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".