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| Two killed in second Iran helicopter crash |
| 2007-02-18 |
| Two people were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed into a lake in southern Iran while they were trying to recover the wreckage of another helicopter that crashed there two days before. Both aircraft crashed into Maharlou Lake, south of Shiraz, with Saturday’s crash happening minutes after take-off, state news agencies said. “This helicopter had two people on board. Both have been killed,” Hamid Taghizadeh, a spokesman for emergency services in Fars province, told IRNA. “It crashed while trying to pull out the wreckage of the first crashed helicopter in the lake,” Taghizadeh said. Iran’s Oil Ministry owned both helicopters, IRNA said. Three people were killed in Thursday’s crash. Iran operates an ageing fleet of aircraft mostly dating from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 "ageing fleet of aircraft mostly dating from before the 1979" When I went on AD (in 1973) my first post school maintenace effort was on a SH-3D (Sikorsky S-61 to you civilians) built in 1966. When I retired in 1997, that same aircraft was still in servise at NASWI as a SAR bird. So it ain't the years, its the maintenance dummy! (maybe lake marylou has a huge magnetic effect on helicopters) anybody important inside?? |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2007-02-18 21:23 |
| #9 Send in more helos! One after another! Let's get into the Infidel Guinnes Book of World Records. Let's put MaryLou Lake on the map! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-02-18 16:38 |
| #8 The secret is to make turbine blades from the finest Euphrates clay. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-02-18 15:46 |
| #7 that's not funny |
| Posted by: Col. Al-Herb Tarlicki 2007-02-18 15:03 |
| #6 "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-02-18 14:49 |
| #5 The best parts in the world don't work well when put in wrong. I salute whoever re-wrote the TMs! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-02-18 13:28 |
| #4 AC's Cut-Rate Huey Emporium will continue to provide the finest in parts and service for our Iranian friends. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2007-02-18 09:57 |
| #3 I'll not be satisfied until a THIRD helo is dispatched to recover the other two. Now lets get on it! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-02-18 07:10 |
| #2 They don't need spare parts, they need more Islam. And good and hard. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-18 03:51 |
| #1 Words fail me. I cannot describe how funny this article is. I'm starting to think we could help thin out the Iranian herd by giving them every F-14 part the DoD has left. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-02-18 00:09 |