Meanwhile on the International front....

Maybe. I kept seeing rain/mist/fog. Bad visibility. Rugged terrain. Brought back some bad memories.

 

I wasn't talking about a cause of crash.

At the moment I posted that (not the day after, when you are responding) there were still conflicting reports out about exactly what had happened. ... and whether the passengers were alive and waiting to be rescued. Which is what I was pointing out. The Iranian News Agency was quoting an Iranian VP saying that they had communicated with two of the passengers and that it wasn't of a serious nature, when I posted that. Over several hours, it went back and forth from "hard landing" to "crash," to "definitely dead" to "communicating with them," depending on what you were reading.

 

Iranian VP Confirms Contact with Passengers of President Raisi's Helicopter

IP- Iranian Vice President Mohsen Mansouri has confirmed that contact has been established with two passengers who were onboard President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter when it crash-landed in northwestern Iran.

Iran Press/ Iran news: "We have been in communication with two individuals who were passengers on the helicopter multiple times. It appears that the incident is not of a serious nature," Mansouri stated.

Mansouri explained that among the three helicopters in the convoy, radio contact was lost with the one carrying President Raisi. However, contact has been successfully made with "one of the passengers and a crew member." He expressed optimism that the accident was not severe based on the communication received.