The first IrAn-140T Simorgh prototype in the final assembly hangar for the type at IAMI/HESA, pictured the night before its unveiling ceremony

The first An-140 prototype, registered UR-NTO, during its unveiling ceremony at Kyiv’s Svyatoshino plant on June 6, 1997

UR-NTO, the first An-140 prototype, during its maiden flight on September 17, 1997

Three IrAn-140-100s under production in the IAMI/HESA plant in October 2004

A rear view at the ramp system of the first IrAn-140T Simorgh prototype

The interior of the prototype

This image shows the wreckage of IrAn-100 with EP-GPA after crashing west of Tehran on August 10, 2014

One of the 50-year-old Fokker F27s operated by the IRIAF