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Ed filled us in nicely Sunday that the Iranian President’s helicopter had gone down in some roughish country in Iran. He took some other notables with him, including the minister of foreign affairs.\u00a0 It is also stated, though, that there were three choppers in convoy and it seems only one crashed.<\/p>\n
Well, as of Monday mid-day there is no cause established for the crash yet. Most likely the chopper kissed a granite cloud in poor weather, as both heavy fog and rain were mentioned in news reports.<\/p>\n
However, there is one thing for sure: It’s our fault. Yep.<\/p>\n
\nIn a phone interview on Monday with the state TV news program, former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the U.S. sanctions on Iranian aviation were one of the main reasons for the crash.<\/p>\n
“On the cruel American sanctions, the United States is one of the main guilty ones in the catastrophe of yesterday’s crash because, despite the decision of the International Court of Justice, it has sanctioned selling airplanes and aviation spare parts and doesn’t allow Iranian people have access to good air transportation,” Zarif said. “These will be recorded in the list of the U.S. crimes against Iranian people that how they treated Iranian people.”<\/p>\n
The helicopter carrying the officials crashed Sunday as it traveled through rainy and foggy conditions in the rural mountainous area near ??Kalibar and Warzghan in northern Iran, near the borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia.\u00a0 ABC News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
While descriptions of the area are sparse, the original claim of a “hard landing” seem a bit understated, as it was mentioned they had over 40 teams checking the area out as if the wreckage was strewn from a high-speed impact more than from bending the landing gear.<\/p>\n
Many of the rescue teams were unable to fly into the area due to bad weather.<\/p>\n
Still seems hard to blame the US for the crash, though, given that they have had over 40 years to source alternate support. Maybe instead of building nukes they might oughta learn how to make flying machines, or use some of our billions to do maintenance?<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s just me, but I would think that sanctions have nothing to do with flying in dicey weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"