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Is the cause known yet? Because if someone form foreign country caused this, there could be unseen consequences.
Helicopter crashed into a mountain in basically zero visibility fog. Chuck Shumer said that the is suspected no foul play. Sounds to be just an accident. If I remember, this is what brought down Kobes helicopter too
Oh, yes it's the same thing as Kobe. So nothing then for now.
But what about other 2 helicopters which were flying alongside, how did they not crash?
Probably had more experience with flying by instruments only, or they were just being more cautious.
With rotary aircraft, instrument experience varies a lot more from pilot to pilot than fixed wing, that and fixed wing aircraft have a lot more altitude to cushion any mistakes of an inexperienced pilot.
Yeah makes sense, but weird that they put the president in less experienced one.
If I was a betting guy, I would guess the pilot was current/former revolutionary guard. Military pilots may have more flight time/experience, but they probably don't spend a lot of it in low vis conditions. Not a lot of reason to have military helicopters operate in conditions where they wouldn't be able to see targets on the ground.
Most of these accidents happen just like it did with Kobe. Where the pilots tell their passengers that it's too dangerous to operate, and the passengers insist they need to get where they're going anyways.
*Zero visibility fog induced by a CIA weather machine
State media hasn't implied anything. I'm sure they'll investigate. But helicopters crashing in terrible weather conditions isn't unusual. I'd put my money on accident unless some compelling evidence is forthcoming.
It's plausible that this was perpetrated by a foreign entity or even an internal struggle for power, and that the Iranian state knows. It is plausible that the state would still not make this information public. The state and its allies (Syria) has a history of concealing information on this scale, because publicizing this information may make the state look weak, or have the people demanding a military response, which may be unnecessary escalation.