Overview
- A Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737 reported tyre and engine problems shortly after takeoff and returned to Mashhad, during which severe vibrations caused ceiling panels and some stowed luggage to loosen and fall.
- Video clips that circulated on social platforms show passengers holding loose cabin panels and audible screams, and those clips were cited by multiple news outlets.
- The crew completed an emergency landing at Mashhad and officials reported no injuries among passengers or crew after the incident.
- Iran’s civil aviation authority has opened an investigation to establish the technical cause and to examine the aircraft and airline operations.
- The event is drawing heightened scrutiny of Sepehran Airlines because a late‑August runway excursion involving the carrier raised separate safety concerns that investigators may now re‑examine.