Alwaght- The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has published its first report on its investigation of the fatal crash of helicopter that was carrying President Seyyed Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and others on Sunday.
The report brought to spotlight the Sunday incident that killed the president and the FM.
An investigative team tasked with examining the incident was dispatched to the site of the crash earlier Monday, the report said.
The team had managed to glean “a remarkable part” of the information it needed to investigate the elements that could have contributed to the incident, it added.
The helicopter carrying the senior officials crashed while flying along its pre-planned route, the report said, noting that the aircraft did not deviate from the course.
The helicopter caught fire after crashing into a mountainous area, the report said, and revealed that the remainder of the wreckage did not bear any bullet holes or signs of similar impact.
According to the report, the crash site was located by Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles at 05:00 a.m. (local time) on Monday, and reached by search teams shortly afterwards.
Communications that took place before the incident between the aircraft and the ground control contained no “suspicious” content, it said, and noted that the nation would be informed about any follow-up findings in due course.
