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Iranian official says contact with 2 people aboard president's helicopter indicates crash was "not severe"

From CNN's Adam Pourahmadi and AnneClaire Stapleton 

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".

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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.