https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/awn-logo.svg
Skip to main content

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (left) talks with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (right) at the inauguration ceremony of the Qiz Karashi dam. After this incident, the Bell 212 helicopter carrying Raisi reportedly crashed near the city of Jolfa on the border with Azerbaijan.
Credit: Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Getty Images
LONDON—Iranian rescue teams have begun searching for the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian. When the American-made Bell 212 was transporting his two men and a security guard to the city of Tabriz…
subscription required
Rescue operations underway after Iranian presidential helicopter crashes Published in Aerospace Daily and Defense ReportAviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefings are included with your AWIN membership.
Are you already a member of AWIN? Aerospace Daily and Defense Report Through your company? Login Use your existing email address and password.
Not a member? Learn how to access the market intelligence and data you need to understand what's happening in the aerospace and defense community.