Iran opens an investigation into the causes of the president’s helicopter crash

by times news cr

2024-05-21 14:06:53

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Workers of the Iranian Armed Forces, Main Normal Mohammad Bagheri, on Monday, ordered an investigation to uncover the causes of the presidential helicopter crash in an accident that claimed the lives of President Ebrahim Raisi and Overseas Minister Amir Hossein Abdullahian, based on what Agence France-Presse reported from native media.

The Iranian College students Information Company (ISNA) reported that Bagheri ordered “a high-level committee to open an investigation into the reason for the president’s helicopter crash.”

In a associated context, Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu mentioned on Monday that the sign system of the helicopter that crashed on Sunday was not activated, or that the aircraft didn’t have such a system, based on what Reuters reported.

On Sunday, Iranian President Raisi’s helicopter crashed in a distant mountainous space in northwestern Iran, abandoning a black path extending a protracted distance amid dense fog by way of which scattered particles is seen.

State broadcaster IRIB mentioned emergency providers confronted huge difficulties in finding the aircraft, which “hit a mountain and crashed” throughout the collision.

The accident occurred on Sunday between 13:30 and 14:00 (10:30 GMT) after the Iranian president left the Julfa area in East Azerbaijan Province (west), heading to town of Tabriz within the northwest of the nation.

The delegation’s two different helicopters arrived at their vacation spot safely.

Final up to date: Could 20, 2024 – 20:04


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