Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports ( www.nytimes.com ) Englisch

Konstant , vor einem Monat

It's a sign

solo , vor einem Monat

Not too sure how this article is relevant to a Europe community?

jmcs , vor einem Monat

Dude is/was providing military equipment to terrorist groups and states that's being used to attack an European country and European ships.

solo , vor einem Monat

News/Interesting Stories/Beautiful Pictures from Europe 🇪🇺

That's what I see on the sidebar, and what you say is irrelevant and questionable.

Gsus4 , vor einem Monat (Bearbeitet vor einem Monat)

Isn't Azerbaijan in Europe? :)

solo , vor einem Monat (Bearbeitet vor einem Monat)

To my understanding it is in West Asia. No?

[Edit: haha you got me there, made me think it's considered europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan#/media/File:Azerbaijan_orthographic_projection.svg]

Gsus4 , vor einem Monat

Europe is just a peninsula of Asia, like India. But the borders of Europe are sort of fuzzy. Technically, Azerbaijan is Europe, East Azerbaijan is close enough.

solo , vor einem Monat

Azerbaijan is considered part of Asia, not Europe.

List of countries in Asia

zaphod , vor einem Monat

The Caucasus Mountains are one of the agreed borders between Europe and Asia. Azerbaijan is south of the Caucausus Mountains, so it's in Asia.

Gsus4 , vor einem Monat

Akshually, part of Azerbaijan is north of the Caucasus mountains, so it is at the very least a transcontinental country. 🤓

Gsus4 , vor einem Monat

The heli crashed in Azerbaijan...per Eurovision Azerbaijan is Europe 😉 https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/helicopter-carrying-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-crashes-in-east-azerbaijan-search-rescue-efforts-on/ar-BB1mEZK0

errer , vor einem Monat

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy

viking , vor einem Monat

Other sources are talking about a hard landing rather than a crash. Apparently they were already on the descent and wind forced one helicopter down in a wooded area not too far off the landing zone. Still doesn't sound pretty, but at least more survivable than an outright crash.

BombOmOm , vor einem Monat

The fact they are currently trying to find the crash site doesn't speak well for the unknown mortality of the occupants.

autotldr Bot , vor einem Monat

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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A helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday, according to Iran’s state media and the country’s mission to the United Nations, but has yet to be found by search-and-rescue workers because of heavy fog.

The state news agency IRNA reported that an enormous search operation involving 16 teams was underway to locate the helicopter.

“Given the complexities of the region, connection has been difficult, and we are hoping that the rescue teams reach the helicopter and can give us more information,” Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s interior minister, told state television.

Mr. Raisi was on an official visit to the province of Western Azerbaijan, a mountainous region in northwestern Iran.

A delegation of ministers traveled with him in a convoy of three helicopters, state media reported, adding that the two other aircraft had reached their destinations.

In addition to the president and the foreign minister, the governor of the province was also in the helicopter, which crashed in an area called Varzaghan, state media reported.

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