IRNA English By Journalist ID: 1852
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s presidential chief of staff has revealed more details about a helicopter crash in northwest of the country over the weekend which led to the martyrdom of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and two top local officials in the province of East Azerbaijan.
Gholamhossein Esmaili said on Monday in an interview with the state TV that weather conditions in Iran’s Varzaqan region, where president Raisi’s copter crashed, was perfect at the start and during most of the flight that took place a day earlier.
Esmaili was in one of the three helicopters that were returning from a dam inauguration ceremony on Iran’s border with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
He said the helicopters had taken off at around 1:00 p.m. local time on May 19 while weather condition in the area was normal.
After 45 minutes into the flight, the pilot of president Raisi’s helicopter who was in charge of the convoy, ordered other helicopters to increase altitude to avoid a nearby cloud.
However, the president’s helicopter, which was flying between the two others, suddenly disappeared.
“After 30 seconds of flying over the clouds, our pilot noticed that the helicopter in the middle had disappeared,” said Esmaili, adding that the pilot decided to circle and return to search for the president’s helicopter…
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