Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and several other officials were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed, state media reported.
Turkish UAV identifies source of heat suspected to be wreckage of helicopter carrying Iranian dictator Raisi and shares its coordinates with Iranian authorities. The turkish drone is on site and has a live video feed of the crash site. Drone on site flying over Iran’s northwest region.
News reports have said seventy three rescue teams were in route to the site. Crash site about 100km (62 miles) from the city of Tabriz, near a village called Tavil.
He said rescue teams on foot with SR dogs are trying to reach the area now. Earlier reports from the iranian regime: there was contact with two persons who were on the helicopter.
The team will arrive shortly. Live video taken at 5:35 am local Iran time / 7:05pm pacific time.
No survivors.
Once I have the flight profile data will update with crash assessment. Yes, I'm a helicopter pilot.
In the eyes of most Iranians, it is the supreme leader and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards ( #IRGC ) who make major political and foreign policy decisions.
On #TheGlobalJigsaw we looked into the structure and role of the IRGC:
My view from the Helm this morning. I was hoping to set up a #GoPro with hyperlapse on one of the bow rails but I could not maintain a connection to control it from inside. I finally just set one up in front of me so I can more easily monitor it. It should be an interesting little video, if it works. I still can't believe I built a successful #YouTube channel with #helicopter videos relying on these freaking cameras.
Crap. I know one of the pilots who died in San Bernardino, and the other pilot is the brother of my son's co-worker. 🙏 #SanBernardino#Helicopter#aviation#RIP
The Ingenuity team has nicknamed the spot where the helicopter completed its final flight “Valinor Hills” after the fictional location in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels, which include “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
USMC helicopter missing en route to California. "The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter was "reported overdue" to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Tuesday night. The helicopter departed from Creech Air Force Base near Las Vegas and was en route to Miramar, in the San Diego area.... The Marines have asked for help from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Civil Air Patrol... The sheriff's department said it received a call at 1:50 a.m. and sent its own helicopter to search, but the helicopter wasn't able to reach the area due to the atmospheric river storm hitting the region. " #USMC#missing#helicopter#aviation#military
N70VC was parked over there for quite awhile on the ground (an hour?) it's torrential rain and pouring wind. I suspect the were waiting for an opening to mosey back to quarters. Heading off now. #helicopter#N70VC#SAR#Rescue#VenturaCounty
Really people, you should not be out on the trails on a day like this. You've got first responders flying in torrential rain and wind in the mountains... #VCAU#VenturaCounty#RemoteRescue#helicopter#hiking
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site (apnews.com)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and several other officials were found dead on Monday, hours after their helicopter crashed, state media reported.