Before the two companies merged in 1962 to form Iran Air , Iranian Airways and Persian Air Services had several aircraft hull losses . Iranian Airways lost six Douglas DC-3s in crashes and a fire between 1949 and 1959 ; and one of its Douglas DC-4s was shot down in 1961 ; while Persian Air Services lost three Avro Yorks in crashes and a maintenance accident between 1955 and 1959 . Since 1962 , Iran Air has had more than a dozen aircraft hull losses in crashes and the shooting-down of Iran Air Flight 655 ; the airline has also experienced twenty hijacking incidents on its aircraft
Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655
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