Off the wire
• Results of WCBA League  • Nepalese FM to attend 9th Bali Democracy Forum in Indonesia  • STDs on rise among Mongolian teens: report  • News Analysis: "Barbaric" stake buyouts test Chinese capital markets, regulators  • Israeli army simulates attacks from Gaza militants in drill  • Greek shadow economy estimated at 40 bln euros per year: survey  • Feature: Reus makes Borussia Dortmund's triangle shine  • France increases avian flu risk level to "high"  • China's finance ministry to issue 14 bln yuan in treasury bonds in HK  • Duterte bars another chairperson from attending cabinet meeting after vice president  
You are here: 　 Home

2nd LD: All rescued in helicopter crash in Tehran

Xinhua, December 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

All the people on board a helicopter were rescued after it crashed in a lake near capital Tehran on Tuesday, the Support and Renovation Division of Iran's Helicopter Manufacturing Company said in a statement.

The statement denied the earlier reports that two of the people on board were missing. "All the eight people on board the helicopter were rescued and dispatched to the hospital," it said.

At least two people on board were missing, Morteza Salimi, the head of Rescue Organization of Iran's Red Crescent Society, said earlier on the day, according to state IRINN TV.

The helicopter belonged to Iran's Helicopter Manufacturing Company, the statement said, adding that the cause of the incident will be announced later.

It was crashed in the Shohadai-e-Khalij Fars lake in Chitghar district of Tehran at 11:40 a.m. local time (0810 GMT) on Tuesday. Endit