What caused the presidential helicopter to crash in thick fog? Tehran has now published a first report.
The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has published an initial report on the crash of the presidential helicopter. The report, published by the state news agency Irna, said that the helicopter burst into flames shortly after the crash on Sunday. According to initial findings, no bullet holes or other signs of external influence were discovered.
President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian and seven other passengers died in the helicopter crash in the northwest of the country on Sunday. They were returning from a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, in thick fog in the mountains in the north of the country. The statesmen were buried on Thursday.
Raisi’s chief of staff described the moments before the helicopter crash in an interview with state television on Tuesday. The weather was initially clear before the helicopter fleet headed for a cloud field after about half an hour of flight. Raisi’s helicopter disappeared a short time later. The other two helicopters circled over the area for several minutes. Due to poor visibility, the two helicopters landed near a copper mine a short time later.
The helicopter was a Bell 212. According to some experts, the model is not designed for flights in low visibility.
Report by Irna, Farsi
Source: Stern
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