A Turkish Akinci unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) identified a source of heat early Monday suspected to be the wreckage of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and shared its coordinates with Iranian authorities.
After the helicopter carrying Raisi crashed, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense assigned the Akinci UAV and a Cougar type helicopter with night vision capabilities to participate in search activities.
President Raisi had attended the inauguration ceremony for a dam on the Iran-Azerbaijan border on Sunday by helicopter.
Iranian state television reported that the accident occurred when Raisi’s helicopter made a hard landing while returning from the region.
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Malik Rahmeti, the governor of East Azerbaijan Province, and Imam Ayatollah Ali Hashim of Tabriz province were also on board the helicopter.
Search and rescue teams are reporting that work continues with difficulty due to adverse weather conditions.
周一早些时候，一架土耳其阿金吉无人机发现了一个热源，疑似是伊朗总统易卜拉欣·莱西乘坐的一架直升机的残骸，并与伊朗当局分享了其坐标。 载有莱西的直升机坠毁后，土耳其国防部指派阿金吉无人机和一架具有夜视功能的美洲狮型直升机参与搜索活动。 周日，莱西总统乘坐直升机出席了伊朗-阿塞拜疆边境一座大坝的落成典礼。 伊朗国家电视台报道称，事故发生在莱西乘坐的直升机从该地区返回时硬着陆时。 伊朗外交部长侯赛因·阿米尔-阿卜杜拉希安、东阿塞拜疆省省长马利克·拉赫梅蒂和大不里士省伊玛目阿亚图拉·阿里·哈希姆也在直升机上。 搜救队报告称，由于恶劣的天气条件，工作进展非常困难。
