A Boeing 727 airliner with state-run Iran Air has crashed near a northwestern city in bad weather and broke into pieces, killing at least 72 of the 105 people on board. State media reported that the plane crash has killed 72 people and injured 33. The bodies of 70 victims were transferred to the provincial coroner's office. The plane with the Islamic republic's national carrier crashed near the northwestern city of Orumiyeh at around 7:45 pm (local time) yesterday. The airplane took off an hour later than scheduled time from Tehran towards Orumiyeh and because of bad weather conditions came down in a village area near Orumiyeh. The governor-general of West Azerbaijan, Vahid Jalalzadeh, told state television that all the bodies and the injured have been transferred to different hospitals in the city of Orumiyeh. State television footage of the crash showed the airliner broken into three pieces which lay buried in thick snow. An official with the transport ministry told state television that one of the aircraft's two black boxes had been recovered, and this would help determine the cause of the crash.