2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash

When

19 May 2024

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

38.72° N, 46.65° E

Description

May 2024 helicopter crash causing the death of the president of Iran

Deaths

9

Cause

controlled flight into terrain

2024 helicopter accident in Iran

On 19 May 2024, an Iranian Air Force Bell 212 helicopter crashed near the village of Uzi, East Azerbaijan, Iran, killing President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Governor-General of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati, representative of the supreme leader in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the head of the president's security team, and three flight crew.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian are killed, along with seven other passengers and crew”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İran Cumhurbaşkanı İbrahim Reisi ve İran Dışişleri Bakanı Hüseyin Emirabdullahiyan'ın içinde olduğu helikopter Doğu Azerbaycan eyaletinin Verzigan şehri…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le président Ebrahim Raïssi meurt dans un accident d'hélicoptère”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “На границе Ирана и Азербайджана разбился вертолёт с президентом Ирана Ибрахимом Раиси”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En la ciudad de Varzaqan (Irán) se accidenta un helicóptero que, entre otros pasajeros”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “إعلان وفاة الرئيس الإيراني إبراهيم رئيسي ومُرافقيه إثر تحطم مروحية بالقرب من ورزقان في محافظة أذربيجان الشرقية”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “伊朗总统易卜拉欣·莱希以及外交部長侯賽因·阿米爾阿布杜拉希揚乘坐的直升机在东阿塞拜疆省瓦尔扎甘县附近坠毁，机上9人全员遇难。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page