“No sign of life” where the helicopter carrying the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, was spotted. The aircraft was located after the accident which occurred on Sunday 19 May about 20 km south of the border between Iran and Azerbaijan. On board the helicopter, 7 other people. According to Iranian state TV, at the site of the accident – located but not reached – “there are no signs of life”. The words of Pir Hossein Kolivand, head of the Red Crescent, are then reported: “With the discovery of the accident site, no signs of life were identified among the passengers of the helicopter”.
The Fars agency shows the images recorded by a drone used by the Red Crescent: wreckage believed to be compatible with the remains of the helicopter can be glimpsed.
A source cited by Reuters described the helicopter as completely burned. During the searches, as announced by the Turkish Anadolu agency, a special drone made available by Ankara identified a heat source in the area of the accident.
