Helicopter in convoy carrying Iranian president crashes - state media

[Ombligo]

I wonder how long until Trump takes credit.

[Lemon Drop]

Can you imagine if Air Force One crashed, and over 12 hours later nobody can find it?

Not the Harrison Ford version. Real life. Could not happen.

Seriously, they need better comms on those Iranian choppers (which I assume are Russian made).

[Tiangou]

Lemon Drop wrote:
Can you imagine if Air Force One crashed, and over 12 hours later nobody can find it?

They found it a little while ago.

Rescuers should be there already.

[SteveG]

"No survivors" found at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian agencies report

and that is that...

[Tiangou]

Steve G. wrote:
"No survivors" found at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian agencies report

and that is that...

Saw that... Odd... They'd reported earlier that they had radio communications with two survivors.

From about 2hrs ago: "...State TV also quotes an official as saying that at least one passenger and one crew member had been in contact with rescuers."

[special]

I was surfing channels moments ago and CNN said it was a US made helicopter. Of course because of the sanctions they probably didn’t have spare parts for proper maintenance.

[Tiangou]

special wrote:
I was surfing channels moments ago and CNN said it was a US made helicopter. Of course because of the sanctions they probably didn’t have spare parts for proper maintenance.

Plus, it was flying over the mountains in a fog so thick that visibility was measured in inches instead of feet.

Whoever cleared that flight is not alive tonight.

[SteveG]

AP - https://apnews.com/article/iran-presiden...75bb696f48
‘No sign of life’ at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran’s president, others
Iranian state television says there is “no sign of life” seen at the crash site of a helicopter that was carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and others

[RgrF]

Reports of any sort of aircraft crash in that part of the world as resulting from accident strain credulity.

[Speedy]

RgrF wrote:
Reports of any sort of aircraft crash in that part of the world as resulting from accident strain credulity.

Normally I would agree but after seeing video of the fog, not this time. Reporting is that there are also blizzard conditions at the crash site.