2024-05-24 01:39:09
The pinnacle of Ibrahim Raisi’s administration, Golam Hossein Esmaili, spoke concerning the occasions that occurred after the crash of the presidential helicopter. Esmaili was aboard one in every of three helicopters coming back from the opening ceremony of a dam on the Iran-Azerbaijan border when the accident occurred.
CNN writes about this.
Esmaili famous that on Sunday, three helicopters took off round 13:00 native time underneath favorable climate situations. Nonetheless, after 45 minutes of flying within the mountainous area of Varzegan, the pilot of the helicopter carrying President Raisi encountered a pointy deterioration within the climate and ordered different helicopters to extend their altitude to keep away from the harmful cloud. Regardless of this, the presidential helicopter out of the blue disappeared from view.
After the helicopter disappeared, Esmaili and his staff tried to ascertain radio contact with the presidential helicopter, however have been unsuccessful. After a number of makes an attempt, their helicopter landed at a close-by copper mine, the place the pilot was unable to cut back altitude attributable to thick clouds.
Iranian Overseas Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and the top of the presidential safety service, who have been with Raisi, additionally didn’t reply calls after the accident. The pilots of the opposite two helicopters contacted Captain Mostafavi, who was answerable for the presidential helicopter.
Esmaili added that after the placement of the crashed helicopter was found, it turned clear that President Raisi, Abdollahian and different crew members died immediately. Imam Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Alehashem, who was additionally on board, survived in crucial situation for a number of hours after the crash and managed to talk with officers earlier than he died.
Earlier, “Kursor” wrote that Iran requested the USA for assist after the crash of Raisi’s helicopter.