President of Iran and others lost to Helicopter Crash.

[David MacRay]

I read someone had reported it as a hard landing in fog.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 024-05-20/

[Scudrunner]

Update: all dead

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/iran-s-pre ... -1.6893098

[mcrit]

The real question is; Did the ayatollah kill him for being soft, or did the Israelis/Americans do it to mess with the Iranian leadership?

[Big Pistons Forever]

The real question is; Did the ayatollah kill him for being soft, or did the Israelis/Americans do it to mess with the Iranian leadership?

Never ascribe malice for something that can be explained by the exercise of mere incompetence.

A 35 year old helicopter “maintained” without any manufacturer support flying in the mountains in very poor weather. What could possibly go wrong ?

[Nark]

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[Colonel]

What could possibly go wrong?

It's probably far worse than that. The pilot was probably the nephew of someone important
and not the best choice. Not having a meritocracy is a bad decision, and bad decisions have
bad consequences.

Worse than that, the pilot probably wasn't able to say "no", even if he thought it was suicidal.
They would probably cut off his head or something similar. I've been fired twice before I landed.
That's why I'm still alive. Everyone else I knew is dead.

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Funny how people hate meritocracies. A guy from Google once made the mistake of saying,
"Why don't we just hire the best candidate?" and they fired his ass.

Most of the time, this kind of poor decision just makes companies less efficient, but when you
are carried into the ER on a stretcher, are you worried if the hospital met it's DEI goals?

[David MacRay]

I saw another meme where he said, “Take me to Tehran.” then the pilot entered terrain into the FMS.

[Nark]

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[mcrit]

The real question is; Did the ayatollah kill him for being soft, or did the Israelis/Americans do it to mess with the Iranian leadership?

Never ascribe malice for something that can be explained by the exercise of mere incompetence.

A 35 year old helicopter “maintained” without any manufacturer support flying in the mountains in very poor weather. What could possibly go wrong ?

…my bet is still on MOSSAD…

[Slick Goodlin]

…my bet is still on MOSSAD…

That assumes that his replacement is friendlier/dumber. Is he?

There was a point in WWII at which the allies stopped trying to assassississ… asississ… kill Hitler because whoever would replace him was assumed better at waging a war.