I just look at the scenario....couple of VIP guys getting into a Bell 212 Helicopter.....over 40 years old, and one of those frames affected by zero purchases of legit parts...just doesn't make any sense.
I would not climb into one...under any circumstances, but this guy did.
Going then into a heavily mountainous area, with reported cloud cover/fog? Again....it makes no sense.
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Makes you wonder that with Iran's closeness with Russia that they wouldn't be flying newer Russian made aircraft.
You were spot on about the Helicopter;
Iran blames Western sanctions for fatal crash of US helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-blames-western-sanctions-fatal-185249329.html
There are probably a dozen Helicopter companies out there....non-US types...which they could have gone to. India, for example...makes the VIP chopper...IMRH.
I think their big issue...bosses at the top of the gov't don't have any positive feelings to pay for maintenance programs/parts.
In this case, it's purely crappy weather, low hanging clouds, poor visibility. Wasn't this the same deal with that NBA basketball player-Helo accident?
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