Sputnik � The Turkish private plane�s crash in western Iran could have been caused by an engine fire, Mojtaba Khalidi, spokesman for the Emergency Center said on Sunday.




According to�the Turkish NTV broadcaster, 11 people, including eight passengers and three crew members, were on�board of�the Bombardier CL60 plane, which crashed in�the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province en route from�the city of�Sharjah in�the United Arab Emirates to�Istanbul. Other media reported that a daughter of�prominent Turkish businessman Hussein Basaran was on�board of�the aircraft.

�The plane crashed over�a fire in�the engine and local residents saw the flaming jet,� Khalidi said, as�quoted by�the ISNA news agency.

Another�Iranian�official representing the civil aviation's organization said that the authorities had launched investigation into�the incident.

The IRNA news agency reported that the rescue team had already reached the site where the fire erupted after�the plane�s crash.

All 11 people, including crew members, on�board of�the aircraft were killed, local media reported later, citing emergency services' spokesperson Mojtaba Khalidi. The bodies of�the victims were unrecognizable due to�severe burn injuries, the Fars News Agency reported. The DNA analysis will be needed to�identify the victims, according to�the agency.

Last month, an ATR-72 plane of�the Iranian Aseman Airlines en route to�the Iranian city of�Yasuj�crashed�about�an hour after�its take-off from�Tehran. All 66 people on�board of�the plane died in�the incident.