Al Jazeera reported that various photos and videos released so far have “confirmed” that the helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi and his entourage is a Bell 212 model. It is made in USA.
According to reports, the two-bladed medium-sized helicopter has 15 seats. Of these, one seat is for the pilot and the remaining 14 are for passengers.
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However, it remains unclear exactly how many people were on board the helicopter carrying Raisi, including flight crew and possible security personnel.
Meanwhile, citing various sources, some international media have claimed that the helicopter that crashed with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi has been found.
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The rescue team found the crashed helicopter, Reuters reported, citing Iranian state television. Al Jazeera reported the same news with reference to Reuters. Besides, the British media The Guardian also reported this news. However, no one could give any details about this. It was not confirmed whether the helicopter was found at all.
However, an official of the Iranian Red Crescent near the crash site said some local media reports were “unconfirmed” or “unconfirmed” that the helicopter carrying Raisi had been found.
A reporter from Iran’s state television in the area also quoted Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian as saying, “There is no update on this.”
However, the reporter said that ‘search and rescue teams are within two kilometers of an area where the helicopter is believed to be likely to be found.’.
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It is to be noted that there were several other officials of the country in the helicopter that crashed with the President of Iran, Ibrahim Raisi. On Sunday (May 19) it was hit by an accident near Zolfa area of East Azerbaijan Province.
Citing local Iranian media, Al Jazeera and other media outlets say that besides Raisi, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdullahian, Governor of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati and Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Al-Hashem, the spokesman of Iran’s supreme leader in that province, were in the helicopter.
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