Posted on 05/19/2024 7:31:32 AM PDT by knighthawk
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has been involved in a helicopter crash hours after posing for pictures with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and rescuers are frantically trying to reach the site. The aircraft was traveling in Iran's East Azerbaijan province near Jolfa, around 375 miles northwest of Tehran, when it suffered a 'hard landing', according to Iranian state television.
Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, but had been hampered by the poor weather conditions in the area. There had been heavy rain and fog reported with some wind.
The helicopter was one of a convoy of three and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Friday prayer Imam Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem and other high-ranking officials were also reportedly on the helicopter with the president.
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Iran uses helicopters made by Satan America !!!
That’s quite interesting, as Iran builds copies of the Bell 212 helicopters...
Bell 212 by the look of it, and not a hand-me-down from the Shah days.
How do they get their hands on this in spite of the embargoes?
So I suspect a popcorn 🍿 refill may be in order to see what the NTSB equivalent in Iran concludes ?
Do you think they will every conduct a detailed investigation with transparency to determine the cause ?
So I suspect a popcorn 🍿 refill may be in order to see what the NTSB equivalent in Iran concludes ?
Do you think they will every conduct a detailed investigation with transparency to determine the cause ?
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