Raisi Crash: Rescuers Drop A Bombshell; Reveal Chopper's 'Key Device Missing Or Turned Off'

Shocking new details have emerged in the investigation of the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other high-ranking officials. Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu revealed that the helicopter’s transponder system, which broadcasts height and location information, was either missing or turned off, casting doubt on the nature of the incident. While Iranian investigation team is now examining whether weather checks were made before the flight and considering the possibility of sabotage. Watch
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[@locodriver601]

As a retired pilot. If you are flying in mountains its a great idea to fly higher than the mountain tops especially in bad weather. Simple.

[@zie9171]

Ahh, some wise words. 😅

[@El-Barbaro]

Good point lol

[@jamesfindlay7186]

OBVIOUSLY THE MOUNTAIN CAME TO MUHAMMAD

[@zie9171]

​@jamesfindlay7186 yeah the mountain moved ! LOL

[@MAZEMIND]

@@jamesfindlay7186 Bwahahaha

[@jackroberts-gy8ms]

These people are grasping at any straw to take the blame away from their own stupidity.

[@beverleecarrell510]

Very well said..Always..

[@Raffioc]

ALL these people

[@CrazyBear65]

Smells like internal power struggle between the elected government and the religious leaders. And the blame game is likely just beginning. They'll do anything they can to try and blame it on us somehow, watch. That's what they do, that's their MO.

[@war-painter]

Even the fists raised and the chants of death to America seemed a little lackluster though, as if they couldn’t quite rise to the occasion. Maybe “those people” knew enough to know Raisi’s past bad karmic behavior and fog may have been the will of Allah.

[@dulfaMB]

I guess you are murican ? And you think you are free ? LOL, whole world is laughing at you...

[@danielaguirre9992]

The idea of blaming others for there own incompetence is rediculous.

[@samuelschick8813]

Interesting how fast the Muslims dropped the " It was Allah's will."

[@Iamkstchow]

This is typical of neanderthal thinking.

[@Badge1122]

The mountains in your windshield are taller than they appear.

[@garywinkler883]

LOL

[@Iamkstchow]

😂💀

[@Nobilangelo]

That is not shocking. It was obviously a security decision, so that his chopper could not be targeted. Only journalists, who understand nothing, would call it shocking.

[@morghetoofun2979]

Good idea, I bet some officials will copy and paste your comment in his report 👌

[@julaiarnold641]

that's what i thought..

[@JimWalters-zy5dw]

Because it has no electronics? So it cannot be shut down via EMP or electrical disturbance?

[@jamallabarge2665]

Wait, wait.... the operator turned off his transponder for the sake of security? So a gang with SA-7s or the like would focus on the "odd duck", yes? What does a radar transponder even have to do with flying over mountains? Were the mountains going to caution the pilot not to fly too close to the ground?

[@jamallabarge2665]

@@JimWalters-zy5dw EMP is a pretty broad brush. Would have taken out a lot of stuff. I do not think that the Bell 212 is fly by wire.

[@nickhettelsater4769]

Pretty strange how Iran can spend millions on missiles to attack Israel but continues to fly 50 year old helicopters.

[@a.m204]

Islamic lol

[@porkyvonchop6458]

Hehe they hate the west but still prefer to use a 50+ yrs old western hardware than a brand new Chinese or Russian ones 😆

[@carolinejohnson1249]

We have been programed to believe LIES...the powers that be remove the ones that get in their way WAKE-UP

[@xcofcd]

The oldest marine one helicopters the US president flies with are from 1975, also almost 50 years old. Age of the aircraft has nothing to do with it...

[@vortex162]

@@xcofcd it has to do with maintenance supplies as was stated in the clip. They weren’t able to get parts anywhere!

[@ZombieGrandpa]

I hate to take joy from anyone's death... But this man shall not be missed I think. His evils against his own people are legendary. No one has yet posited what I think is the most likely theory. This man was removed from the power structure by a rival. In a "republic" like Iran, these things are quite common.

[@peterlivingston8155]

Is it possible Raisi fell out of a win dow at some point? Oops my bad Iran is not Russia, only friends!

[@davef.2329]

Or, an ancient, arcanely equipped helicopter was foolishly flown in IMC below the minimum safe altitude into unseen terrain.

[@ZombieGrandpa]

@@davef.2329 You see this a lot in dictatorial systems. The top knows best and so you fly because the boss told you to. Hitler was slated to be killed by British SAS and they had a pretty good chance of doing it. But it was called off because the decisions he was making were so good for the allies, lol.

[@axey7476]

lmao blames US sanctions for the crash bc they can't get parts Yet still flies it needing parts😂

[@samuelschick8813]

Remember, it was Obama that delivered them billions in the dead of night in the desert.

[@Benzknees]

Always someone else to blame in Iran, never the regime.

[@barsoom43]

Same thing in the US.. anything that goes wrong, it's Trump's fault.. anything that goes right, it was the superior leadership (?) of Mr Magoo..

[@benstevens4228]

Sound like it here in America

[@richard8031]

Reminiscent of the Biden regime...!!!!

[@jasonsandoval3823]

@@benstevens4228 nah every democrat blames republicans and vise-versa...nice try non american!

[@JimWalters-zy5dw]

@@benstevens4228 Yes brother, I agree as one too

[@crishill6458]

Actually Iran has said NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY, definitely an accident

[@robertsmith2956]

binden said the same thing when he blew up the nostrum pipeline.

[@crishill6458]

@robertsmith2956 he didn't blow it up, for gods sake he is about 82 years old

[@Ronniejamesleo]

He's in charge stupid ass​@@crishill6458

[@brownj2]

This is silly. Transponders do not cause crashes.

[@flagmichael]

If the transponder squawks 7700 it causes an emergency (he he).

[@stut9150]

Capable of enriching Uranium but hopeless at maintaining a helicopter? Priorities guys, priorities

[@dorothytemple4195]

THE U.S IS LYING AGAIN.

[@olddog-fv2ox]

Pilot was VFR rated not IFR rated. Death warmed up in IMC

[@sammyo2583]

Those are the priorities

[@Arcadia-fe2nq]

100%true.They all have this madness about ruling the world killing infidels etc but forget basic needs such as human rights ,food, freedom of speech,free thought .

[@amaknusa9212]

@@Arcadia-fe2nq Hey JERK, "basic human rights" have you ever looked at the health care system in the US. "food" have you seen the street in the US lined with tents and people scrounging for food. "freedom of speech" have you ever heard of Jullian Assange. "Freedom of thought" have you taking note of the student beatings whilst expressing their freedom of thought! No doubt another sociopath projectionist claiming his freedom of being able to bullshit.

[@owenboarman5259]

Flying a helicopter in good weather over mountains is hazardous . when you add fog and rain, you are asking for an accident to happen .

[@jackhammer3423]

Not to mention missles and drones

[@Tom-mo2dr]

True , Kobe Bryant 2.0

[@reynaldolopez9221]

Did the other two helicopters, also experienced bad Wheater? when did they, got separated, were they keeping visual contact among each helicopter during the trip? Did they witnessed the president helicopter going down and crashing, and if they did, was the crash location also recorded to send emergency support, why didn't they provide that support?

[@msa-tt4bg]

Especially when the CIA controls the fog.

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

Any aircraft, mountains and bad weather are a potentially dangerous combination. Even more so if an essential navigational aid is not working......

[@makiavelli6101]

There's nothing strange about turning off a transponder, in and of itself. Especially if one is trying to hide and aircraft's location. That helicopter was so old the transponder may no longer have worked. Nothing to see here folks, move along.

[@coldspring624]

What is really shocking is the child-like reasoning here

[@garywinkler883]

Exactly

[@lindadechiazza2924]

I am shocked! Shocked! That there is gambling aboard this helicopter! The gamble is being Aboard the helicopter! Think claude raines, casablanca

[@user-jf4nj3ez2k]

Ok whatever. Iran is blaming Israel and the USA for fog.

[@mrj3217]

D.a.r.p.a

[@StephenReynolds-jk7dv]

Hang on how many Iranians have been assassinated by Israel and the US? There is a long list. I dont buy the fog argument

[@Scott-vy4zj]

Lol, they're blaming them because it's probably what they did. And it's not just fog, just ask the attendees of the most recent Burning Man.....most of them are ignorant and call it "climate change". But it's really weather modification/weaponization.

[@jacquelinedunne8641]

😂😂😂😂

[@jukkao.parviainen8669]

Like my cousin who is the military helicopter pilot, said the same as after B.K. accident: “Dumbass pilot lost it in the fog”

[@Auggies1956]

You say it was a rescue mission, since there were no survivors it's a recovery mission.

[@Don.Challenger]

Of course, it's not known if any have survived until they have been found.

[@mho...]

semantics

[@anovino1992]

Whatever was the cause of this crash, God Almighty knows. He so revently says in his sovereign words; that the wicked will not go unpunished.

[@Turtleback8024]

​​At this rate, just call it an _"investigative mission"_ then adapt it accordingly once all facts have been established.🤷‍♂️​@@Don.Challenger

[@leoniedemeyer1874]

He had so MANY INSIDE ENEMIES HE WAS NOT CALLED THE BUTCHER WITH OUT REASON

[@johnshelton1141]

Iran's version of Reinhard Heydrich.

[@jayskinner4828]

Israel sabotage!

[@MrPalaad]

Lets throw a big party with bozz and lots of bacon and ham.

[@donaldjackson9431]

One of the people on the helicopter was on a suicide mission and struggled with whoever was flying the chopper and a big struggle took place where the chopper went down.

[@TheVertigoalley]

Possible, but your proof is…?

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Naw, UFO , thumped it

[@JarisSha-wu9nc]

Skews like you know a-lot. I bet your mama was sleeping with dead pilot gather all these information 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JoeSmith-vs5sy]

They spend money on all these nukes and rockets but can't afford a new chopper.

[@BusinessGuidesKenya]

Just the they way you cant afford to keep children safe in schools from "MAD MEN WITH GUNS "

[@putinenjoyer3527]

@@BusinessGuidesKenya the right to bear arms is one of the very few good things about America , you guys have been brainwashed into thinking gun ownership is bad , look at the people who are always pushing gun restrictions and gun control , they are the same crowd who are pushing endless wars , the same financial interest , gods chosen so to speak

[@carolhunt2023]

One commentator said it was because there is an import ban. I’m definitely not an expert so I can’t comment on it.

[@Lindisfarnefarmer]

Just found the igf troll ⚠️ 📢 🚨 ⚠️

[@fatimapudted6209]

You are here commenting what in your brain as you don't ha e brain.stop talking you dont know what really happens it's credential things to solve

[@user-db3fr4id9u]

The other two choppers was OK, so why all ministers and President in one chopper? "Something smells fishy 🐟 "

[@TrumuBrodua]

IRAN'S RGC CHANTS DEATH TO AMERICA BUT STILL FLIES THEIR PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN MADE HELICOPTERS 😂😂😂.. SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE IT MAKE SENSE..

[@GaryLarkin-yr9dg]

Smells like a camel humper

[@Ukrainian_girl1]

@@GaryLarkin-yr9dg Camel humper??

[@fraterjr]

Didn't Russia do this to the Wagner leadership?

[@HumayunAhmed19]

Was it a design of the Iranian army? Perhaps they are reluctant to fight against Israel.

[@robert5]

Kobe Bryant helicopter crash due to flying into fog. Guess this Iranian pilot never heard about that incident.

[@shereef3823]

Unbelievable, but, I'm thinking they HAVE!

[@GeoffBlackmore]

It's not shocking. It's commonsense to switch off the transponder when it's carrying someone who could be a target. They are far safer if it's switched off. Most international leaders and military flights switch off their transponders.

[@user-dg7dx8wc4k]

I’m shedding no tears for this man.

[@AnthonyRamsay-tg8xg]

Was he a bad person?

[@Joanla1954]

@@AnthonyRamsay-tg8xg Very! He was a butcher.

[@MrDanboyd3]

@@AnthonyRamsay-tg8xgButcher of Tehran up to 30,000 victims

[@AnthonyRamsay-tg8xg]

@@MrDanboyd3 what...are you serious?

[@berylwitter9741]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer ..

[@eugenepelle4790]

That is blaming other people for their own incompetent

[@kostapapa1989]

Or this is the other people's secret services who had something to do with this crash trying to divert attention from them by making the chopper and the weather the "guilty" ones !

[@-108-]

@@kostapapa1989 i believe the weather was involved. There is implicit bias here, the weather being a detractor of the Iranian govt. I say the weather obviously conspired with both the helicopter and foreign governments to cause this crash. The weather should be imprisoned at Evin for life, without the possibility of early release. That way, the world would be able to breathe a sigh of relief that the evil weather won't be wreaking any more havoc on any other flights anytime soon!

[@kostapapa1989]

@@-108- Right. So do you suggest the CIA and Mossad do away with this guilty weather ? They are experts in that !

[@-108-]

@@kostapapa1989 I believe the two you mwntioned are in collusion with the weather. I think it's on their payroll.

[@dodiegemignani7347]

Remember that all through History, there have been tyrants & murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. ALWAYS! Mahatma Gandhi

[@darvinclement8404]

Never ceases to amaze me how pilots fail to look at a map, find the highest point between where they’re taking off from and where they’re landing, and fly higher than that highest point. But, hey, I’m no pilot. Maybe maps and altimeters are really hard to work with. I’m guessing not having a transponder turned on makes it a bit more difficult to keep people you’ve pissed off from shooting you down.

[@shereef3823]

My father was a 'flyer' since WW2...without radar, etc. Only personal experience, and discretion! Not believable in 2024 ,,,NOT! Another ...Reichstadt fire, if you ask me!

[@ianstradian]

The Transponder is used to identify the location of the aircraft. It might have been disabled to hide the location on purpose. It being turned off would not cause the aircraft to crash.

[@harborgirl8877]

Oh please stop the click bait! They have already said it was a standard move done for security reasons. Why isn’t anyone talking about the fact that Russia would have gladly sold them more modern helicopters. The US is not the only manufacturers of helicopters in the world, and they are buddies with Russia.

[@war-painter]

Iran is perfectly capable of making its OWN helicopters.

[@user-dg1ho4tj2g]

No money to make or buy modern helicopters.

[@chrisbraswell8864]

And China.

[@petrusesterhuyzen2087]

Exactly or china

[@Zubeneshemali]

Well, golly-gee, looks as though that 1979 raid on the US Embassy is STILL coming back to bite the ayatollahs in their backsides!!

[@RCAF9999]

Who is responsible for arranging the flight for them to fly in that 45 year old helicopter? Makes no sense

[@JoyPeace-ej2uv]

I was shocked one of our hueys was still flying and that someone would use it for a delicate mission,, in the mountains, in bad weather, and, with important people on board, do we still make parts for it??

[@jackroberts-gy8ms]

@@JoyPeace-ej2uv We do, but we don't sell them to the Iranians.

[@bruceb5481]

Iran could have bought new helicopters from Russia. It's absurd to say US sanctions had anything to do with this. Iran seems to have plenty of money for missiles and other war toys but can't afford a new chopper for their president. 😅😅😅

[@dcccharles4569]

Flying in this helicopter makes sense for a lot of people.

[@JimWalters-zy5dw]

@@JoyPeace-ej2uv It was a Huey?? Are you serious?

[@kaycrary1898]

The transponder being turned off just as likely means he didn't want to be tracked.

[@scottnelsen164]

Using their logic, Iran is responsible for Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash in fog in the mountains.

[@patrickmothapa1834]

Their drones can fly longer than their choppers? That is classic.

[@user-sy7ld3zl3o]

You're funny!

[@Leah-ju8ht]

@@user-sy7ld3zl3o and you want to be!

[@shereef3823]

Classic...LOL!

[@nivieb9]

Without internal support, nobody could have carried out sabotage. Blame game has begun, but it’s always the enemy within who cause the worst damage!

[@DS-jf8mz]

Someone's just tired of this guy...

[@kostapapa1989]

The enemy within with a lot of support from the enemy from the outside and its sponsor and dad the USA

[@MrAllan9]

Tragic, I never realized how dangerous flying a helicopter in fog could be let alone experience on board faliure.

[@tommywestmoreland6113]

Ask Kobe Bryant. Oh, fog got him too.

[@flagmichael]

Much, much worse than flying a fixed wing aircraft in fog. With a fixed wing the plane can be trimmed for level flight or a cautious climb... take hands off and it will behave. A helicopter has zero stability under those same conditions.

[@howarddittrich157]

This clip states that the helicopter was a Bell 212, but the images of the aircraft in this clip do not match a Bell 212. Hmmm. Did I miss were it was stated that the images are not of the actual crash?

[@lawrenceleverton7426]

It sucks when you reach for the cigarette lighter and turn the key off.

[@mho...]

thaaaat cant be a thing, can it?!

[@MrJoebiz24]

Brilliant! 🤣🤣

[@maggieattenborrow6725]

🤣😂

[@gohome678]

I can only imagine the first thing that went through his mind was the dashboard

[@pushagainstthezeitgeist4968]

Don’t be ridiculous. It wasn’t the cigarette lighter. He was reaching across to press the “rotor keep going” button and hit the one right next to it, the “rotor stop” button

[@timothyorendorff7642]

Let’s see, it flew into a mountain in the fog, suspect much was no longer in working order if it ever was. Stupidity, incompetence and bad decisions on full display.

[@-108-]

I mean, even Kobe Bryant didn't make it in that kind of weather. And his was the only helicopter to go down that day. Conspiracy? lol

[@richh5824]

Just goes to show, no matter how powerful you think you are the pilot still has more power! This guy probably pissed off this pilot!

[@jasonlee8156]

@@richh5824 So much so that he killed himself along with his passenger? He must have been suicidal indeed.

[@user-mi6wi8fr3u]

When travelling in a plane always sit at the back. No record ever of a plane reversing into a mountain exists.

[@jasonlee8156]

What about a helicopter?

[@jamesgarvey6224]

The Transponder was turned off so Mossad couldn't track Raisi. Simple answer

[@jukkao.parviainen8669]

But the pilot’s name was Eli Copter 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bryanst.martin7134]

2 other helis with them, they made it home...

[@williamwong5627]

When they checked the wreckage, it was found that the US helicopter was replaced with Russian and Chinese spare parts and renamed as Hellcopter.

[@yoku_ti23]

No wonder it crashed. Parts from the 3 countries were fighting with each other...😆

[@jsshay01]

It was an older helicopter and overloaded, too many people. Add foggy conditions and late departure and it’s a disaster.

[@mikeb.7068]

Turning the transponder off is not sinister in any way. Ridiculous.

[@irmaknight2573]

It smells like power struggle within.

[@sometea4741]

It smells like Iran putting its guys into hiding by faking their deaths.

[@modisaneunity4534]

Or Israeli retaliation

[@kingjayapala]

It smells like foul play by the US, Israel, and Azerbaijan.

[@northstar1060]

no it doesn't

[@morghetoofun2979]

Regime is on it's knees, anything that can be done to survive will be done!

[@jbsang54]

They can't take responsibility for their own incompetence.

[@katrinabillings7011]

There's an epidemic of that in the world today.

[@khalidlatif8137]

Helicopter is a complex machine and requires more vigilance to fly safely. In valley flying in rough mountainous areas, the weather, essentially, visibility is of great importance. For regularly flown such routes, SOPs are set with cloud base, visibility etc with standard weather reports/forecasts transmitted, periodically. However, in this case, the pilots must have been quite experienced. I doubt if the cause of the crash was due to pilot factor. In my opinion the aircraft was flying low in the valley when a catastrophic material failure occurred, like in rotor failure. That is when the pilot can neither land safely nor he is able to transmit due to unusual/asymmetric forces faced. So, most likely, the fatal crash could have been due to material failure and not pilot error.

[@gerritrut7976]

Or inside job?

[@khalidlatif8137]

Incompetence, responsibility. Are we in a position to criticize when we don’t know anything about Iran? The President’s aircrew are one of the most qualified, trained, experienced and periodically tested and standardized. In this accident, I would place ‘pilot error’ and ‘weather’ , at the bottom of the probable causes of crash. Being a four decades old helicopter, lack of spare parts, low flight over rough mountainous terrain/valley, the most logical conclusion may be ‘catastrophic failure, followed by immediate ground impact’ where pilot hardly had time to land safely. It would be foolish and unnecessary to assassinate the president in such an area, when it could be done conveniently in Tehran.

[@philkearny5587]

I used to fly all the time without a transponder. I don’t understand why this is such a big deal.

[@boracho9964]

They asked us for assistance and we offered assistance but we were unable to provide any assistance.

[@war-painter]

Yeah I heard that! What was Austin playing at?

[@harrygordon]

You don’t check a transponder for a signal after a crash. It is used for tracking a flight while airborne. If you’re going to report on a subject, you should know something about it.

[@lavonnetraylor8403]

Go back & read. You missed something...

[@obietwo3935]

It doesn't matter, news is news anywhere in the world, all headlines and speculations to get the biggest wow factor to boost their ratings. Doesn't matter what the truth is, doesn't matter who they hurt. News at 11

[@flagmichael]

@@lavonnetraylor8403 ???

[@PAPITO_49]

Billions for terrorist and war nothing for repairing infrastructure or vehicles.

[@seanohare5488]

Hilarious

[@tooberetta]

That sounds familiar doesn't it???

[@AppleMacGeek]

Transponders have no effect on the flight of any aircraft. That device only reports the aircraft’s location and altitude. This may have been a security decision to reduce the ease (it’s still possible, just not as easy) of anybody tracking the aircraft’s flight path and altitude. To turn this into a conspiracy is like insisting it was sabotage because someone deliberately blew fog into the area.

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Plenty of movies the good guys take out the bad guys by the transponder triggering a bomb at a certain altitude

[@AppleMacGeek]

@@REVNUMANEWBERN: Seriously? You're going to quote the movies as your source of information? If you think the transponder is what triggers an altitude bomb, then you obviously know nothing about explosive ordnance or aircraft equipment.

[@flagmichael]

@@REVNUMANEWBERN The transponder gets its altitude information from an altitude encoder. Of course, there is the ridiculous 1966 movie, "Doomsday flight" in which a bomb activated by the plane going above some altitude and triggered if it went below some altitude after being activated. The bomb was in the pressurized cabin, where it would not have activated. Like that movie? BTW - when I worked as an avionics tech I did a lot of pitot/static tests and certified altitude reporting accuracy. No encoder, no altitude reporting.

[@flyer617]

A transponder helps air traffic control, it doesn't help you avoid flying into mountains in the fog. A transponder being off or missing has nothing to do with this crash. A brand new helicopter wouldn't help either, but a better pilot would have.

[@Victoria-hz3gx]

The whole idea was not to be traceable.

[@FourOneNineOneFourOne]

Exactly, lots of secretive aircrafts don't have transponders, to avoid tracking.

[@ericjayfederizo3549]

Remember what happened to Turkish mp after cursing lsrael. Proof Gôd is alive

[@user-vo3pw3qu8f]

​@@ericjayfederizo3549 great! so scheming, murdering, terorising is a religious act of yours. Religious blindness is at its peek.

[@Trini2dbone868]

@@ericjayfederizo3549what’s the Turkish MP’s name?

[@ikhlaqahmadjan4943]

​@@ericjayfederizo3549 go and fuck your mentality

[@fawziadickinson9986]

No stress, what happens in the dark will come out in the light,the truth will eventually come out .

[@alaaartist-xf2vc]

I agree with you my friend

[@ritarossi1805]

False flag operations by CIA america and Susannah operations by Mossad Israel,,,??? Nothing new...

[@sabirmohammed9700]

will come out very soon

[@iAmtheron]

lmao we did that how do you feel about it?🤣🤣🤣

[@fawziadickinson9986]

@@iAmtheron like you,a joke

[@OzFrog48Z]

Stop showing pictures of a crashed airplane.

[@johnhaupt7792]

Its like blaming a Dentist for your cavities

[@GrahamBrown-jk3rc]

Total idiots. I can't get a spare part for my ageing car; is it safe for me to drive it? Now, who can I blame apart from myself.

[@trevorn9381]

With an aging car the worst thing that will happen if it breaks down is it ends end up dead on the side of the road and you have to call a tow truck. When an aging rotary wing aircraft breaks down there is a very good chance you will end up dead. In a fixed wing aircraft you MIGHT be able to put it down on a highway or in a field.

[@Vivendocadadia]

Why use the picture of an airplane crash that has no connection to the helicopter crash?

[@StephenMazzitelli]

You are the first to notice this!! I was the second.

[@iknownutting]

my question exactly

[@richardcummins5465]

Perhaps it didn't actually happen!

[@AppalachianPatriot]

More fake news media.

[@lamarw7757]

@@StephenMazzitelli No, y'all are the first two to say something. Not the first two to notice it.

[@alanhyt79]

A transponder is for tracking location, speed, vector, etc of an aircraft. If a pilot does not want to be tracked, they could turn it off. Since they would still be susceptible to radar tracking, the pilot would fly low, not far from the ground. What likely made it crash was the pilot flying too close to the ground, which can easily happen in mountainous terrain. Especially in clouds and fog. The transponder being turned off had nothing to do with the crash. It couldn't have. The former Iranian president became a crispy critter due to the pilot's poor flying decisions. Someone should educate the press. 🙄

[@poc329]

The Gift that keeps on giving. God works in mysterious ways 🙏

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

You are delusional. You probably think that the Palestinians deserve what the blood thirsty Ben is doing to them. You are a radical Christian.

[@RuthAnnnMorris]

This helicopter was 40 years old. It was for visual flight use and shouldn’t be flying in fog when the visibility was low to nonexistent. The helicopter is a relic and the parts to maintain it may not exist anymore. 40 years old helicopter shouldn’t have been carrying important people!!!

[@whymelord5695]

There will be assumptions regarding the age of the machine until there is evidence that it was an attack, then all doubts vanish.

[@luckyandgrateful8190]

The President of the United States flys in a helicopter even older. A Sikorsky 61

[@keithtodd8631]

These were Not important People ! They were murdering psychopaths !

[@jackroberts-gy8ms]

In this case the age of the helicopter played no role in the cause of its crash

[@zeecozeek2237]

The weather is clear during the heli crash..

[@davidtaliaferro]

Iran: we blame America America: you're welcome.

[@mudzarmohamad7508]

America has killed millions from the Indian natives to Japanese n Vietnamese but yet these people look up to the Americans. Why?

[@apriliakawasuzuki]

Unthinkable crash .. a mere laptop with the appropriate nav app would warn you of rising terrain and your spatial awareness .. something is wrong here.

[@flagmichael]

One of the nasty hazards of flight in cool weather is the risk of being trapped in a situation where the only choices involve penetrating clouds. Moderately risky in a fixed wing aircraft, spectacularly risky in a helicopter. Nothing even surprising about it.

[@TruePatriotfreedomfront]

Never knew that a plane looked like a helicopter 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jim5148]

A transponder only identifies airborne aircraft to air traffic control. Aircraft at low altitude in mountainous terrain, far from air traffic control, would not be "visible" on ATC radar with or without a transponder. A transponder does not aid in finding downed aircraft. It is not the same as an ELT - Emergency Locator Transmitter, which could aid in finding a downed aircraft. Reporting a "key device missing or turned off" is clickbait. It's irrelevant.

[@davidwalker1763]

Exactly

[@soniavadnjal7553]

The point is, they were not locatable while airborne. And why would people assume the chopper was flying at low altitude?

[@prithvirajs4157]

Thanks for the information.

[@BryanPakkiri]

International confirmation on identity of deceased??

[@champfox1]

two copters make it, one with the president doesn't...pretty obvious what happened

[@theprophet489]

That is a big red flag is like the pipe line getting destroyed case closed Germany economy is dead 😂😂😂

[@babahanuman83]

What happened?

[@Bdigital9482]

Do you know anything about helicopters? Obviously not

[@Team_Fauda_Germany_444]

Gods hands ...

[@brightofosu4689]

Who cares

[@gerritrut7976]

Barred from purchasing parts? THEN DONT TRAVEL!!!!

[@nibornnyw3185]

I didn't ever think it was an accident. That guy lived by the sword.

[@howardmckenna]

If your fleet is compromised by lack of parts through sanctions then fly AT YOUR OWN RISK!

[@alanhyt79]

The Iranian fools blame America's sanctions without mentioning the reasons for those sanctions. Their own actions were at fault.

[@user-it9vu9dh1d]

Strange story with a happy ending.

[@garlfountain117]

Not so :He followed Religious Convictions . The problem with Middle east countries alike. This limits the countries.

[@westcoast747]

@@garlfountain117He slayed innocent Iranians he is scum!

[@dgsasser]

It is not unusual for an aircraft wishing to fly anonymously to turn off the transponder, especially for high profile high value passengers. It's really a non-story.

[@magnumgysot6916]

And the show must go on!!!

[@lamaree9808]

When you travel in a flying Coffin and blame the whole world- its called Iranian president

[@victoryfirst2878]

THIS was an inside JOB !!!! This guy had many enemies for sure. NO ACCIDENT AT ALL !!!!!!

[@jackroberts-gy8ms]

How convenient, the fog set in at just the right time.

[@kostapapa1989]

HAARP can cause foggy conditions. Iranians do not control HAARP but Americans sure do !

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@jackroberts-gy8ms Karma is something that happens without convenient. The way of the creator Jack Roberts. Try to remember that fact of this awareness.

[@fellovercliff4525]

Yeah but who cares!

[@kostapapa1989]

@@victoryfirst2878 Then karma will also happen by the same token to war criminal Netanyahu right ?

[@Kid_Kootenay]

My first thought when I heard about the crash was it will get painted as intentional act. It's too big an opportunity to pass up.

[@shereef3823]

Agreed! A PERFECT opportunity to blame someone else, ANYONE else!

[@truesouth4784]

What I found interesting was the search party were laughing and jeering when they came across the crash site.

[@LurchLures]

The journalist should try driving his car at 100 miles an hour down a deserted mountain road with steep drop offs, no barriers in very heavy fog. Then he will understand why this happened.

[@OmarBenjumea]

Khomeini's grandson was his main rival, and he was in charge of buying parts for these archaic government helicopters and military equipment. He inherited this job from his father who was known to be the main Iranian agent in the Iran Contra.

[@APL314159265]

"A helicopter is a million parts revolving around an oil leak waiting for metal fatigue to set in." 1. Bell 212s are made in Canada by Textron, they are not made in the U.S. since the 90s. 2. Aircraft carrying govt. officials often turn off transponders and just request a "block" of airspace. 3. The main suspects would have to be the mechanic and the pilot. 4. The helicopter sounds like it was over weight limits. 5. In weather it is advised to always stay well above any terrain.

[@haleiwasteve8434]

Transponders have no effect on the flying ability of helicopters or airplanes. That's like saying if you turned off the radio in your car that it somehow caused you to crash.

[@pekjinoei1042]

Why only one chopper got trouble... It's fishy indeed...

[@MrDogonjon]

It's fishy to think it's fishy...you don't know and speculations are certainly going to be wrong

[@pekjinoei1042]

@@MrDogonjon Time will tell the truth... Same as North Stream II... Time will tell the truth...

[@susanb8354]

It’s a lot more fishy if all three copters had crashed.

[@user-vo3pw3qu8f]

@@pekjinoei1042 when it's about Israel time only make it more cloudy.

[@GardenisLife]

uhm,,, fishy would be if all of them happen to have troubles... one of them? pretty normal in fog like that......

[@SipnGo-uw2fy]

Do not blame anyone for his death. It is their fate to die in a helicopter crash and could not be avoided. No one expected that fog to come up and blinded their way resulting to crash..their convoy has clearly said that a cloud came in and they could not see. Period.

[@user-mf6nu3sy4y]

Just the thought of earthworms getting to have a feast brings a smile to my face.

[@ayent_einstein]

Zarif is deflecting blame for this catastrophic security failure. For a country like Iran to be using a vietnam-era chopper stuffed to the brim with it's top echelon leaders flying without a transponder points to internal subterfuge.

[@user-qm8bc4bu1t]

Previous govt are all Boris's friends.

[@gumarobertson-xk9ob]

Chopper was in good condition

[@rebfurr3554]

​@@gumarobertson-xk9obexcept for the missing transponder 🤔

[@andrewplater1782]

It was Allah.

[@i.r.wayright1457]

All a transponder in mode C will do is let the ground controllers know your position and altitude, and that system is line of sight. Below a mountain top you are not going to be able to send a signal to a ground station unless it is very close. If the Bell 212 had a functioning altimeter and a paper map in it, the pilot only had to keep the altimeter reading higher than the highest point along the route and fly a compass heading for a given amount of time based on airspeed. A simple handheld GPS would have been handy. Maybe the pilots took one for the team and decided to change history for their countrymen and eliminate the butcher of Tehran. MH370 anybody?

[@samaipata4756]

My question is, why didn’t Iran purchase new Russian made helicopters, which are properly equipped with modern technology and parts would have readily available to guarantee proper maintenance?

[@bigg1597]

Love western junk 😅

[@laurenabrams7603]

It was a Russian-made helicopter 🚁

[@rebfurr3554]

​@@laurenabrams7603NO it was NOT a Russian helicopter. FFS do your homework. All the news outlets report it was an AMERICAN made chopper. Get up to speed. 🙄

[@johnnygag1]

They used the helicopter fund on the tunnel fund,

[@legend9805]

​@@laurenabrams7603no it was US chopper

[@thomasdelong9927]

The photos of the accident are fake. The tail section is that of a Cessna not a UH-1H.

[@gotchagoing4905]

Too bad the video showing the 'crash sight' is showing a wrecked AIRPLANE, as in a fixed wing, NOT a rotary aircraft. So is the iatolla of asshola really dead?

[@dannychan7759]

.....: "...It IS what it IS ! BLAME Nobody Else but your OWN Self and Action......."

[@waynesimon2363]

Seemingly excellent Drone and missile technology but allowing such high ranking members of the government to use rather outdated civilian helicopters, especially American made is highly questionable.

[@bennysamuelkoh9463]

...a major producer of hypersonic missiles and master the technology .....all hype and propaganda

[@ogwuchemercy6761]

It a greater achievement for them in paradise to destroy non Muslims than to send their people to school and maintain their aircraft. What a religion

[@theselector2310]

There are sanctions on and they work sometimes.

[@petrusesterhuyzen2087]

So who turned it off as it was under iranian control & service? Creating doubt with the objective to "blame" others

[@maryamafshan1837]

It was a well planned trap

[@ericjayfederizo3549]

Remember what happened to Turkish mp after cursing lsrael? Wake up!

[@Moazz786]

@@ericjayfederizo3549 What happened ?

[@jackofblades7593]

@@ericjayfederizo3549 remember how many times israel kingdom perished after they become arrogant...?

[@Cazador60140]

a panned trap or planned trip , one has to be focused here

[@DavidA-gz3mq]

They are so proud and arrogant that they can't even blame themselves when it's their own fault

[@ghalibmarsal4887]

Iran used a 50 year old sanction-effected American helicopter to transport it's President & Foreign Minister. How clever🙄. Firstly, its own Aviation Ministery is answerable as to how it didn't need alternative Russian or Indian helicopters.

[@PapiiAloye]

They have all the money to give Terror groups but can’t get a good advance technology chopper for there leader..

[@marymurphy937]

Who arranged for them to do that? [

[@JimWalters-zy5dw]

Makes no sense. I think something else is happening here. Some kind of subterfuge or intelligence op. And I don't mean the assassination. Why the hell would they use American helicopter?? Knowing the US is buddies with you know who hates Iran

[@michellemachet-philip2801]

😂😂😂

[@zeinamarkabawi6928]

God is great tomarrow we will know the true don't worry.​@@marymurphy937

[@bwmcelya]

That fellow from Iran whose chopper crashed, maybe someone modified the helo slightly before he took off.

[@Sahasrarasmi-Sancodite]

Maybe maybe coulda should woulda been a small tiny tracker so a dew drops raindrop could detect its location for another covid dew virus.

[@doubledforge]

Not surprised that the transponder would be turned off, when they probably didnt want their location identified as they were traveling.

[@Christian-cp9hb]

If Iran knew as they say it was unsafe to fly that helicopter and allowed him to fly in it anyway, then all the blame falls on Iran.

[@user-sy7ld3zl3o]

Or was it an internal plot to get rid of him? It's time to send in... Agatha Christie!

[@clintonwithana3465]

Yes indeed

[@CrotalusHH]

That is not what the tail of a Bell 212 helicopter looks like. That is the tail of an airplane.

[@kenhuffmanjr9919]

Was coming here to say the same thing. I have not and will not watch the video. It's obviously just garbage content posted to generate revenue.

[@flagmichael]

I don't know why they bothered.

[@jukkao.parviainen8669]

Most of videos are tracked like the one taken inside the helicopter and the rescuers hiking up the path from year 2022

[@jamesriggsdds2337]

What you say about the tail of an airplane is quite true. I’m surprised that other people have not picked up on that. BTW, I have the mechanic’s Airframe and Power Plant license from the FAA

[@jukkao.parviainen8669]

@@jamesriggsdds2337 The video from inside heli is from year 2022, the “rescuers” hiking up the path are also from video year 2022, those are from accident which happened north east from Teheran, and that time President was filmed to fly the place of accident and paying his “condolences” , maybe that tail is also from that accident as it wasn’t heli accident, but airplane. So basically everything we have seen from the place of the accident is just clips from the old accident.

[@khalidlatif8137]

To use transponder, a clear wireless contact with ground station is required. In this case, the helicopter flying low in mountainous area, in the valley will not be able to communicate with ground based transponder stations. Hence, their ground position may not be available with ground based units. So, here the Transponder is a non issue.

[@paulsengupta971]

Yes, I was going to mention this. Chances are there was no secondary surveillance radar cover which could "paint" them when down in amongst the terrain in the mountains.

[@bryonraper3506]

If one transports the head of state by air, does it not sound like a sound practice to turn the transponder off to avoid unwanted tracking?

[@pintux3315]

Why are VIPs flying in bad weather in rugged terrain at first place?. Whether they don't care for their life?🤔

[@DS-jf8mz]

He collided with the Mossad cloud

[@jackroberts-gy8ms]

Bad choice, but they trust in Allah.

[@sammyjimsmith6100]

Because they are dumb and only consider hating their enemies.

[@davidmartin1015]

Maybe they believed Allah would preserve them.

[@donaldmaxie5264]

The will of Allah.

[@user-xh4dp6ij4r]

Why Iran could use American made Helikopter to transport its high ranking Ministers is really very hard to understand.

[@j.schedlbauer2645]

They have these helicopters from Reza Shah's time from the 1970s. When Iran can build nuclear weapons why can't they build their own aviation system 🤔 😅😅😂😂 MULLAHS ARE MULLAHS all they have learnt is attacking neighbours with missiles 😅😂😂

[@MrDogonjon]

He liked that helicoptor it was as old as him.

[@lunhil12]

They spend all their money funding terrorists. Nothing left to buy new aircraft.

[@tomsuh1362]

That American made Helikopter was as simile as Biden.

[@richgreen3459]

It wasn't, it was a russian one, bbc was wrong again.

[@Jaloja]

You can bet they turn off such equipment to hide the big guy..