Helicopter carrying Iranian president reportedly ‘crashes’
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, ABC News is reporting.
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Helicopter carrying Iranian president reportedly ‘crashes’
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, ABC News is reporting.
Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province.
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State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
⚡️BREAKING
IRNA confirmed that President Raisi was on board the helicopter and that rescue teams had yet to determine the location of the accident due to poor weather conditions. pic.twitter.com/F41hoTlZZQ
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) May 19, 2024
⚡️BREAKING
Fars News reports that contact with the helicopter transporting the Iranian president has been lost. pic.twitter.com/3r1HLs9Huj
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) May 19, 2024
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President Raisi travelled to northern Iran today to inaugurate a dam together with the President of Azerbaijan
The area can be extremely foggy and the weather conditions are not always suitable for helicopters pic.twitter.com/QZAPIYzL0G
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) May 19, 2024
Rescuers were attempting to reach the site, state TV said, but had been hampered by poor weather condition in the area.
There had been heavy rain reported with some wind.
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Raisi had been in Azerbaijan early Sunday to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.
The dam is the third one that the two nations built on the Aras River.
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