Xinhua News Agency Express: According to a report by Iranian state television on the 20th, the wreckage of the helicopter in which Iranian President Raisi was traveling has been recovered, and no signs of life have been found so far.
Previously reported
On May 19, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi and senior officials made a hard landing. Iran's official Iranian news agency reported on May 20 that the location of the helicopter in which President Raisi was traveling was found, and rescue teams are approaching the scene of the accident.
Iranian rescue teams used drones to detect the scene of the helicopter accident. Rescuers said that the propellers of the helicopter, as well as the cockpit, were burned out, and the temperature could not be detected by rescuers through thermal imaging.
According to global network news, CNN reported on May 20, citing Iran's Tasnim News Agency, that a total of nine people were on board the helicopter that crashed in northwest Iran the day before. In addition to Iranian President Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian and East Azerbaijan Governor Malik Rahmati are two officials. In addition, there is an imam, as well as 5 crew members and security personnel.
In addition, CNN reported that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported on its news website Sepah that the nine men were: Iranian President Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian, East Azerbaijan Governor Malik Rahmati, Imam Mohammed Ali Al Hasheem, as well as a pilot, a co-pilot, a crew captain, a security chief and a bodyguard.
Expert interpretation: what is a helicopter "hard landing"
Aviation expert Zhang Wei introduced that during the descent process, the helicopter will generally hover over the landing field and hover slowly on the ground effect. This one is generally very soft, so basically the helicopter landing is a soft landing.
A hard landing is when the helicopter falls heavily to the ground with very fast vertical acceleration or acceleration rate. In this case, it can cause damage to the landing gear, or even the structure of the airframe will be damaged due to excessive acceleration.
(Source: Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News, etc.)