Tehran, Sep 1 (Xinhua) At least 80 passengers were killed as an Iranian airliner caught fire Friday while landing in the northeastern city of Mashhad, state television reported.

There were 147 passengers on board the plane on a flight from the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the TV said.

A tyre of the Russian-made Tupolev burst and caught fire when the plane was landing, according to the report.