An Iranian plane that crashed during a snowstorm resulted in 77 people being killed, not 71 as originally believed, Bloomberg News reported Monday.
After reporting a technical problem, the Boeing 707 crashed — and broke into several pieces — as it was making an emergency landing in Orumiyeh in Iran.
So far 54 bodies have been identified, Bloomberg reported. The Iran Air passenger jet had 105 people on board.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash, and have recovered the aircraft’s black boxes.
The plane, which was 37 years old, was on its way from Tehran to Orumiyeh.