Motori
08-16-2009, 08:52 PM
The crash news are getting pointless 2 helicopter crashes in less than 6 days, I think from now on we should post news about Iranian airplanes making safe landing.
This helicopter was a Bell 214 "Isfahan", also Iranian news sources say there were 3 fatalities in this accident.
2009-08-16 10:30:28 GMT2009-08-16 18:30:28 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian military helicopter crashed on Sunday near the capital city of Tehran and three people on board were killed, the State IRIB TV reported.
The helicopter belonged to Iran's Army Air Force, IRIB quoted an informed source as saying.
Earlier, local Press TV reported that the helicopter, belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), crashed in Shahriar county, 45 km west of Tehran.
According to IRIB, after the incident, the public relations of IRGC announced that "this helicopter did not belong to IRGC."
"There have been no immediate details on what might have caused the crash," Shahriar county governor Mohammad-Ali Erfanmanesh was quoted as saying by Press TV.
The aircraft crash was the latest one added to the poor air safety record of Iran, which has seen a series of aviation disasters over the past month.
It came only one day after a small training aircraft crashed and burst into flames near Tehran, killing two people on board.
On Aug. 10, three people were killed and three others injured in a Bell 205 police helicopter crash in southern Iran.
Iran has recently suffered a number of flight disasters due to poor conditions of the country's civil and military aircraft.
Experts believe the U.S.-imposed sanctions against Iran, which prevented its allies from selling aircraft or aircraft parts to the country, have undermined safety standards within Iran's civil and military aviation fleet and are increasing the likelihood of more major air disasters.
http://english.sina.com/world/2009/0816/263539.html
This helicopter was a Bell 214 "Isfahan", also Iranian news sources say there were 3 fatalities in this accident.
2009-08-16 10:30:28 GMT2009-08-16 18:30:28 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian military helicopter crashed on Sunday near the capital city of Tehran and three people on board were killed, the State IRIB TV reported.
The helicopter belonged to Iran's Army Air Force, IRIB quoted an informed source as saying.
Earlier, local Press TV reported that the helicopter, belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), crashed in Shahriar county, 45 km west of Tehran.
According to IRIB, after the incident, the public relations of IRGC announced that "this helicopter did not belong to IRGC."
"There have been no immediate details on what might have caused the crash," Shahriar county governor Mohammad-Ali Erfanmanesh was quoted as saying by Press TV.
The aircraft crash was the latest one added to the poor air safety record of Iran, which has seen a series of aviation disasters over the past month.
It came only one day after a small training aircraft crashed and burst into flames near Tehran, killing two people on board.
On Aug. 10, three people were killed and three others injured in a Bell 205 police helicopter crash in southern Iran.
Iran has recently suffered a number of flight disasters due to poor conditions of the country's civil and military aircraft.
Experts believe the U.S.-imposed sanctions against Iran, which prevented its allies from selling aircraft or aircraft parts to the country, have undermined safety standards within Iran's civil and military aviation fleet and are increasing the likelihood of more major air disasters.
http://english.sina.com/world/2009/0816/263539.html