According to officials cited by Tasnim News Agency, a Red Crescent helicopter crashed in the Oshtorankuh mountains of Lorestan province on Friday, October 3, killing at least two persons. When the disaster happened at 2,800 meters above sea level, the helicopter had been sent to Mount Oshtorankuh to look for a missing woman, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.
After the incident, ten members of the rescue squad were dispatched to the scene, a local official informed Mehr News Agency. At the time of the incident, the helicopter was carrying five members of the rescue team and four members of the crew.
Unfortunately, there have been more instances of this kind in the area. The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan said that five crew members were killed after a helicopter crashed on August 15 while on a rescue operation in monsoon-affected northern districts.
Bad weather caused a provincial government MI-17 helicopter carrying relief supplies for Bajaur’s rain-affected areas to crash in the Pandiyali area of Mohmand district, according to a statement from Ali Amin Gandapur. “Five crew members, including two pilots, were killed.
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