Military helicopter crashes into market in central Iran, killing four
Euronews.com • • world
Key Points:
- At least four people, including the pilot and co-pilot, died after an Iranian military helicopter crashed into a fruit and vegetable market in Dorcheh, central Iran.
- Two of the victims were civilians on the ground, and the helicopter was reportedly on a training flight at the time of the crash.
- Dorcheh is located in Isfahan province, which hosts a major Iranian air base and a nuclear site previously targeted during the Iran-Israel conflict.
- The crash follows another fatal incident less than a week prior, when an F-4 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise near Hamedan, killing one pilot.
- Iran’s reliance on aging aircraft due to Western sanctions has contributed to a history of fatal
