Helicopter of Iran's late president Raisi crashed due to weather, final report says

Bad Weather Caused Helicopter Crash That Killed Iran’s President, Report Says

The helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president in May was mainly caused by bad weather, including dense fog, Iranian state media reported, citing the conclusions of a final investigation report. The president, Ebrahim Raisi, was a hard-line religious cleric and a protégé of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. His death shook Iran at a strained moment for the country — facing a volatile conflict with Israel, economic struggles at ho…

Cause of helicopter crash that killed Iran's president, foreign minister revealed in new report

An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions, according to state media.

The cause of the fatal accident of the helicopter carrying the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in May was not sabotage, but bad weather, especially thick fog, the findings of the final report of the investigation are summarized by the Iranian news agency Irna. In addition to Raisi, Foreign Minister Hosein Amir-Abdolahian and seven other people died in the accident in northwestern Iran.

Iran: Special investigative agency concludes Ebrahim Raisi helicopter crash caused by 'complicated' weather

Iran's final investigation into the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi in May has concluded that "complicated" weather conditions were the primary cause.

Iran says bad weather was the cause of President Ebrahi Raisi's helicopter crash in May.

Bad weather behind Raisi helicopter crash, probe report confirms

Sudden emergence of thick mass of dense and rising fog” caused helicopter’s collision into the mountain, says Tehran's final report.