Footage of the first moments reaching the wreckage of Raisi's helicopter crash released

Footage of the first moments reaching the wreckage of the helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying delegation lost their lives has been shared.

The footage shows the scattered parts of the helicopter, which reportedly made a hard landing in the Dizmar forest between the villages of Berazin and Ardeshiri in East Azerbaijan province, and captures moments where some of the bodies were outside the wreckage due to the hard landing.

Footage of the first moments reaching the wreckage of Raisi's helicopter crash releasedhttps://t.co/FB8gdylbsk pic.twitter.com/PgMNs6eXmG

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WHAT HAPPENED?

Following a meeting with Aliyev on the Azerbaijan-Iran border, the helicopter carrying Raisi and his delegation made a hard landing on the return journey in the Dizmar forest between the villages of Berazin and Ardeshiri in Iran's East Azerbaijan province.

During the search and rescue efforts that continued throughout the night, Iranian authorities, directed to the location identified by Turkey's Akıncı UAV towards morning, found the wreckage of the helicopter.

Making the first statement on the matter, Iranian Red Crescent President Pirhossein Kolivand stated that they were trying to reach the area and said that the chances of survival for the Iranian President and those with him were low. Subsequently, the bodies of Raisi and his accompanying delegation were recovered during search and rescue operations in which Iranian UAVs were used.

News Source: İHA