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2024-05-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

'Technical failure' caused Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter crash

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Posted by Fred 2024-05-21 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [232 views ] Top
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#1 Iran declares five days of mourning as Raisi's funeral begins

Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-21 07:48|| 2024-05-21 07:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Black market Boeing parts?

Posted by Lionel Uluck7609 2024-05-21 08:31|| 2024-05-21 08:31|| Front Page Top

#3 FOX: UN holds moment of silence for ‘Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi after Iranian president dies in helicopter crash. US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood was seen standing during the moment of silence to honor Raisi

Beyond disgusting.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-21 09:07|| 2024-05-21 09:07|| Front Page Top

#4 An inadvertent high energy interface with the ground.

Posted by Deacon+Blues 2024-05-21 09:35|| 2024-05-21 09:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Who had "multiple government official die in helicopter crash by suicide"? Anyone? Anyone?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-05-21 10:24|| 2024-05-21 10:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Unscheduled layover.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-05-21 10:34|| 2024-05-21 10:34|| Front Page Top

#7 The 1981 Panamanian Air Force Twin Otter crash occurred on July 31, 1981, when a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter of the Panamanian Air Force, with identity code FAP-205, crashed at Marta Hill, in the community of Coclesito, in adverse weather conditions while on its final approach to the airport. All seven people on board, including General Omar Torrijos Herrera, who led the country's military dictatorship between 1968 and 1981, were killed.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-21 10:40|| 2024-05-21 10:40|| Front Page Top

#8

Hillary must be doing consulting work in Iran.
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Posted by NN2N1 2024-05-21 11:11|| 2024-05-21 11:11|| Front Page Top

#9 ^Ron Brown could not be reached for comment

Posted by Beavis 2024-05-21 11:20|| 2024-05-21 11:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Following the traditional Dag Hammarskjöld flight plan?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-05-21 13:24|| 2024-05-21 13:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Dag Hammarskjold, a name and events from the past that we might be wise to take under study.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-21 15:53|| 2024-05-21 15:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Dag Hammarskjold, a name and events from the past that we might be wise to take under study.

That story seems to have a lot of moving parts.
1961 Ndola Transair Sweden DC-6 crash

More on his life at Wikipedia

Posted by SteveS 2024-05-21 19:37|| 2024-05-21 19:37|| Front Page Top

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