Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – An Iranian oil ministry helicopter crashed on Thursday in the southern province of Fars, leaving three people dead, the official news agency IRNA reported. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – An Iranian oil ministry helicopter crashed on Thursday in the southern province of Fars, leaving three people dead, the official news agency IRNA reported.
The helicopter went down at approximately 9 a.m. local time near Shiraz Salt Lake.
The pilot and two flight technicians died in the crash, Hamid Taqizadeh, a provincial official, told IRNA.
He said that the helicopter, which belonged to the oil ministry, was heading from Shiraz to Gol-Gohar region in Sirjan.
