ISLAMABAD (AA) – A helicopter crash in northwestern Pakistan claimed the lives of at least six individuals and left eight others injured, according to reports from state-run media. The incident involved a chartered Mi-8 helicopter operated by Mari Petroleum Company, which crashed in North Waziristan, close to the Afghan border. Pakistani...
TEHRAN (AA) – The final report of the commission investigating the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in May has concluded that it was caused by adverse weather conditions. The commission, comprising specialized military and civilian experts, submitted the report, attributing the crash to the “complex...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran’s aging helicopter fleet was pushed into the spotlight after a crash last week claimed the lives of erstwhile President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and seven others. An Anadolu correspondent compiled the information about the condition and maintenance of the helicopters in Iran’s military ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is a “loss to people aspiring for justice,” state media reported. In a condolence message to Mohammad Mokhber, Iran’s first vice president, Kim said: “The demise of the president is a great loss to the fraternal Iranian people […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed his condolences to the people of Iran over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, stressing that Ankara will stand by Iran “in these difficult and sad times.” In a post on X, Erdogan prayed for Allah’s mercy upon Raisi who died in a helicopter […]
ISTANBUL (AA) -Leaders from the Arab and Muslim world have extended their condolences to Tehran following the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian and other top officials in a helicopter crash. “Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani expressed his deepest condolences to the Iranian government and ...
ANKARA (AA) – Two pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in Türkiye’s southeastern Gaziantep province, the country’s interior minister said Sunday. The helicopter registered in the inventory of the General Directorate of Security Aviation Department had an accident in Kartal Village in Nurdagi district, Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X. Yerlik...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani Navy helicopter crashed in southwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least three personnel. The dead included two navy officers and a soldier, a Pakistani Navy spokesman said. The helicopter crashed during a training flight in Gwadar, the port city of southwestern Balochistan province. “The helicopter ...
