2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash · Bakrabad Rural District
On May 19, 2024, 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash (Bakrabad Rural District). 9 people died.

- Date
- May 19, 2024
- Place
- Bakrabad Rural District
- Killed
- 9
- Position
- 38.719°N, 46.655°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q125986235
From Wikipedia
On 19 May 2024, an Iranian Air Force Bell 212 helicopter crashed near the village of Uzi, East Azerbaijan, Iran, killing President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Governor-General of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati, representative of the supreme leader in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the head of the president's security team, and three flight crew. It was en route in a convoy of three helicopters from the Giz Galasi Dam to Tabriz.
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