Turkish Drone Draws Star, Crescent After Finding Iran President's Chopper
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The chopper navigated through dense fog and harsh weather and crashed in the mountains of Jofa a few minutes after taking off.
Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, the President of Iran, has died after the Bell 212 Helicopter, which he was onboard, crashed in the mountains of the Jofa region of East Azerbaijan. The Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, was also onboard the crashed chopper.
The chopper navigated through dense fog and harsh weather and crashed in the mountains of Jofa a few minutes after taking off. The massive search operation was launched, with neighbouring states - Turkey, Iraq, and Azerbaijan offering help. The Turkish Bayraktar Akinci drone reportedly find the wreckage of the chopper in north Iran, close to its border with Azerbaijan.
The AKINCI01 - the call sign of the drone, detected heat signatures when it hovered over the crash site early this morning. The drone was first seen near Makaou Iran, and was last spotted near Van in Turkey, where it drew a crescent through its flight route, which was detected on its flight path by open-source flight tracking websites.
