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2024-09-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Final probe reveals ''bad weather'' as reason of Raisi copter crash

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Posted by Fred 2024-09-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
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#1 Just typical Third World pilot incompetence.

Posted by EMS Artifact 2024-09-02 10:00|| 2024-09-02 10:00|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Plus it was a helicopter - thousands of rotating parts each of which are just waiting for a chance to kill you.

I prefer to think the Juice did it since that makes for a much better story than what the crash boys call CFIT - Controlled Flight Into Terrain. Either way, it is the Will of Alan.

Posted by SteveS 2024-09-02 14:14|| 2024-09-02 14:14|| Front Page Top

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