Rescue groups search new space after drone detects ‘warmth supply’ | EUROtoday

Rescue crews are looking out a brand new fog-shrouded mountain space to find the Iranian president’s helicopter after a Turkish drone recognized a warmth supply suspected to be the wreckage.

The Akinci UAV drone has shared the coordinates of the doable crash web site with Iranian authorities, Anadolu information company reported.

The helicopter, carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, crashed on Sunday because it was crossing mountainous terrain in heavy fog.

Rescue groups scouring the world have been confronted with a variety of difficulties, together with heavy rain, fog and darkness.

An official mentioned the lives of Mr Raisi and Mr Amirabdollahian had been “at risk following the helicopter crash”, which occurred on the way in which again from a go to to the border with Azerbaijan in Iran’s northwest.

“We are still hopeful but information coming from the crash site is very concerning,” the official informed Reuters, talking on situation of anonymity.

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