Iranian PMs helicopter in "hard" landing

[BrettMRC]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-...

Developing story, not a huge amount of information and access will be challenging in the region.

Happened in heavy fog, so suspect more of a crash than a landing...

[Eric Mc]

Sounds like a Kobe Bryant scenario.

[NerveAgent]

All sounds a bit ominous.

[el romeral]

Eric Mc said:

Sounds like a Kobe Bryant scenario.

Do you mean a slam dunk?

[marksx]

NerveAgent said:

All sounds a bit ominous.

All sounds a bit convenient.

[CoolHands]

So who’s offed him?

[nikaiyo2]

[Hugo Stiglitz]

"Hard landing". Looking at that report yes it's a hard landing. I doubt it'll be flying too soon.

[dxg]

So, a power vacuum in Iran then? Perfect timing for the Western election season and their emerging proxy war...

[dxg]

Also reminding me somewhat of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Mull_of_Kintyre...

From a weather, maintenance, and passenger perspective...

[Jordie Barretts sock]

Internal politics or external forces?

[andy43]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

Internal politics or external forces?

Zero service history and gravity probably.

[hidetheelephants]

Israelis getting even more uppity?

[ecs]

If by hard landing they mean controlled flight into terrain.

[RichFN2]

Sky News now reporting this as a crash (no real surprise) and the local area seems to be covered in thick fog.

Lets hope there hasn't been any foul play.

[Hippea]

RichFN2 said:

Sky News now reporting this as a crash (no real surprise) and the local area seems to be covered in thick fog.

Lets hope there hasn't been any foul play.

There is a likelihood that they will try and spin foul play regardless, could turn nasty

[Hugo Stiglitz]

They also can't locate some rescuers.

[Timothy Bucktu]

So this Dam they were visiting...was it like, a God damn?

[birdcage]

They switched pilot at the minute apparently, a Mossad agent called Eli Copter

[eharding]

dxg said:

So, a power vacuum in Iran then? Perfect timing for the Western election season and their emerging proxy war...

I'm not sure that the Iranian President has much in the way independent power such that his unexpected demise would cause an appreciable power vacuum - the shots are ultimately called by the Supreme Leader and his chums - the President's role is to essentially implement their policies and be a visible face of the government, enjoying such duties as being sent off to glad-hand the president of Azerbaijan at a dam inauguration, which was what he was doing when this helicopter apparently came to grief. The Supreme Leader has told the Iranian public "not to worry" about the situation, failing to actually add the truth that "we've got plenty more where this one came from".