What are those mountain goats doing up here!
Posted on 05/19/2024 10:57:28 AM PDT by rod5591
By bne Tehran bureau May 19, 2024
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian are reportedly missing after a helicopter he was travelling in was forced to make a “hard landing” on the border of Azerbaijan, local media reported.
The massive search for the Bell 412 helicopter involving Red Crescent rescue teams, military personnel, and police is ongoing but is being hampered due to heavy fog in the region. Teams of men are currently on foot looking for the helicopter at the latest reports.
Iran's television networks have no changed their line from "hard landing" to "accident" more than two hours after the helicopter crash. The country's health minister "all health facilities have been sent to the location."
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My God is Greater
A drone took it out. He’s way dead.
By bne Tehran bureau May 19, 2024
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian are reportedly missing after a helicopter he was travelling in was forced to make a “hard landing” on the border of Azerbaijan, local media reported.
The massive search for the Bell 412 helicopter involving Red Crescent rescue teams, military personnel, and police is ongoing but is being hampered due to heavy fog in the region. Teams of men are currently on foot looking for the helicopter at the latest reports.
Iran’s television networks have no changed their line from “hard landing” to “accident” more than two hours after the helicopter crash. The country’s health minister “all health facilities have been sent to the location.”
“Initial reports suggest no one survived the crash and that Raisi and his colleagues died in the tragedy, but there has been no confirmation of this as yet.
Iranian officials were reportedly tweeting Islamic prayers in some instances, while reports from leading newspapers have been removed for the moment.”
That’s a shame.
Yeah, I feel really bad, too.
“The Bell 412 has a wide cabin and proven capabilities, making it suitable for various missions such as para-public and para-military operations. It has a reliable track record, with over 50 years of platform experience. The aircraft has been used in extreme climates around the world and has a reputation for being a rugged and reliable workhorse.”
Probably not mountain side landing rated.
The bad news...they're all over 80.
“all health facilities have been sent to the location.”... If they’re dead, please direct them back... Somebody might actually need some medical assistance.
Darn.
May he rest in pieces
What are those mountain goats doing up here!
>A drone took it out.
My guess is controlled flight into terrain. Fog, helicopters and mountains don’t mix well.
He is not missing. Where he is is very hot.
No black box for the Bell helicopter?
I tell ya, I’m all tore up about this. Really sad. Anyways...
Wooo hooo! Best news of th week!
I can't seem to find any articles about it on FR. 
Hopefully he stays dead. All of them. Is that too harsh?
Don’t care.
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