An Iranian source reported that the aircraft had recently resumed operations after being out of service for seven years due to a lack of spare parts and that it had technical problems during a flight some weeks before the crash.
Unha fonte iraniana informou de que o avión reiniciara recentemente as súas operacións despois de estar fóra de servizo durante sete anos debido á falta de pezas de reposto, e que tivera problemas técnicos nun voo semanas antes do accidente.