An Iranian passenger plane caught fire while landing at Tehran's main airport Wednesday night,killing an infant and injuring a large numbers of passengers. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

   TEHRAN, April 20 (Xinhuanet) -- An Iranian passenger plane caught fire while landing at Tehran's main airport Wednesday night,killing an infant and injuring a large numbers of passengers, the official IRNA news agency reported.

   According to the report, the Boeing 707 of Saha Airlines had abad landing at 11:15 local time (19:45 GMT) at the Mehrabad international airport after one of its tires were blown off whilelanding.

   "Due to a still unknown reason", the plane fell into a ditch in Kan River while touching down and one of the passengers' infant fell into the river while the passengers were being evacuated through the emergency exit, the Saha managing director was quoted as saying.

   The plane had just arrived from the tourist island of Kish inthe Gulf, said the report, adding that there were 157 passengers on board.

   Earlier report by Iran's state television said that 50 people were killed in the incident.

   The Saha Airlines is owned by the Iranian military but also operates civilian flights.  Enditem