Siste fra CNN:
Iranian officials have spoken to two people on the same helicopter as President Ebrahim Raisi since it crashed Sunday, Iranian Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohsen Mansouri told the country's semi-official FARS news agency.
Because officials made contact "several times" with a passenger and member of the flight crew shortly after the crash, "It appears that the incident was not severe," Mansouri said.
Three helicopters were flying on the same route before two lost contact with Raisi's helicopter, Mansouri said.
"The Ministry of Communications and other security agencies have identified the incident area within a 2-kilometer radius. Due to weather conditions, access to the area is challenging," he said.
Ut over kvelden har det kommet utydelige meldinger om hendelsen. Det virker som om det ikke var tilrådelig å fly i elendig vær med tåke og regn. Om helikopteret bare har hatt en "hard landing" eller er et havari vet en ikke. Store mannskapsstyrker er på leting. Helikoptertypen det er snakk om er Bell 212, mye brukt offshore av HS i "gamle dager".
Sakset fra BBC
Det er en gammel type helikopter som er sikker å fly dersom det har fått skikkelig vedlikehold. Det er dessverre neppe tilfelle. (Red.)
Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi
involved in incident, local media reports
By Eve Brennan, CNN
1 minute read
Updated 9:20 AM EDT, Sun May 19, 2024
Iranian
President Ebrahim Raisi is pictured in New York in September 2023.
Jason DeCrow/AP/File
CNN —
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been involved
in an incident while he was visiting neighboring Azerbaijan, Iran’s
semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on X on Sunday.
“Some of the president’s companions on this helicopter were able to
communicate with Central Headquarters, raising hopes that the incident could
have ended without casualties,” it added. It is unclear what the exact status
is of Raisi’s helicopter.
The helicopter was part of a convoy of three helicopters. Two of those
helicopters were carrying ministers and officials who arrived at their
destination safely, according to Tasnim.
“Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Al-Hashem, Tabriz’s Friday Prayer Imam, and
Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian were also reportedly on the helicopter
with the president,” Tasnim said on X.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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