Category: helicopter
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Helicopter of Iran’s late President Raisi crashed due to weather, Fars says By Reuters
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DUBAI (Reuters) – The helicopter crash that killed late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in May was caused by weather conditions and the aircraft’s inability to handle the weight it was carrying, a semi-official Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a security source familiar with the final results of the…
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Trump sticks to tale of scary helicopter ride, despite denials By Reuters
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By James Oliphant and Alexandra Ulmer Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump insisted Friday that he was on a near-fatal helicopter ride with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, even though Brown said the incident never happened and another politician said he was on a similar flight with Trump decades ago.…
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Iran’s president and foreign minister found dead at site where helicopter crashed
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in a mountainous region of the country. The semi-official Mehr News Agency reported that rescuers on Monday found the helicopter carrying the president and other officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian, who also died. The plane crashed on Sunday…