Aviation Week Forecasts: Raisi Crash, Data Highlight Iranian Airpower Decline
Raisi's VIP helicopter departs on its final flight away from a dedication ceremony in Azerbaijan. The doomed Bell 212 was old, poorly maintained, and ill-equipped for flight conditions.
Credit: Mina Noei/Mehr News Agency
On May 19, an aging Bell 212 transport of the Iranian Air Force in blue and white VIP livery chopped through foggy conditions as it departed the dedication ceremony of an Azerbaijani dam near Iran’s northern border. Sometime later the helicopter—which carried Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and...
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