The Iranian General Staff issues its initial report on a major helicopter crash
The Iranian General Staff issues its initial report on a major helicopter crash
2024-05-24
The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces announced a preliminary report on the helicopter accident of President Ebrahim Raisi, which led to his martyrdom along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and other officials.
The initial report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces on the helicopter accident of the late President Ibrahim Raisi stated:
A large portion of information has been collected in various specialized, technical and general areas that could be related to the accident.
Some cases require more time to express a definitive opinion on them, and they are under investigation, and some cases can be stated with certainty:
1- The helicopter actually continued on the planned route and did not deviate from the specified flight path.
2- About a minute and a half before the helicopter accident occurred, the pilot of the helicopter that was involved in the accident communicated with the other two helicopters from the aviation group.
3- No traces of bullets or anything similar were observed in the rest of the components of the ill-fated helicopter.
4- The crashed helicopter caught fire after colliding with the slopes.
5- Due to the complexity of the area, the fog, and the low temperature, the reconnaissance operation extended into the night and continued throughout the night, and on Monday morning (5 a.m.), with the help of (Iranian) drones, the exact location was determined and the accident site was found.
6- In the control tower’s conversations with the flight crew, no suspicious cases were noted.
A large part of the documents and documents related to the aforementioned helicopter accident have been collected, and it needs more time to review some parts and documents, which will be given to listen and comment, and after the technical and expert work of this noble and revolutionary nation, Iran will arrive, so please do not pay attention to the comments of non-experts that They are published based on speculation without accurate knowledge of the facts of the scene, or sometimes under the guidance of foreign media in the virtual space.
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