Iranian plane wreckage located near top of mountain

TEHERAN - Iranian search teams have located the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed into western mountains at the weekend, official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

According to Morteza Salimi, the chief of Rescue and Welfare Organization, debris of the plane was spotted near Nogol village on the heights of Dena Mountain.

State television aired footage showing the crash site as investigators searched for the plane's flight recorders.