Iran helicopter crash: Contact made with passenger and crew member

Contact has been made with a passenger and a crew member of the Iranian president's helicopter, an official has told state TV.

The unnamed official said contact has been made on several occasions.

Sky's Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall says this marks a "really significant development".

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[thomasm]

Reporter : waffle, waffle, waffle. Translation : I haven't got a bloody clue.

[REktSigMa]

If they haven't said if this president is alive yet. He is not alive at all. The moment they found him if he was alive this would be all over the News praising this guy for surviving.

[ABC-rhzc]

Devastating news.... that they might have survived

[Bonjour-World]

In other news, helicopter maintenance personnel are rushing to leave Iran by any means possible.

[mabrenz_n]

The horror when he realises there are no 72 virgins.

[wqszvtw]

Prayers and thoughts for the helicopter 🙏

[randywl]

"Moment of hope"
Has more than one meaning.

"Hard landing" in Iranian press means. Kaboom.

[KnowYourself]

It was too cold and so he asked the big fan to be switched off.

[dcembratz]

Sending thoughts and prayers to the innocent trees and helicopter.

[benjaminkaempf]

Still waiting for Al Jazeera to blame Israel who according to them used fog machines and moved a mountain in the flight path of the helo😂

[quasar]

In the name of safety… let's call off the search until the weather clears and the searchers can do their jobs safely.

[michaelcase]

I love how he says significant instead of positive information.

[sachinr]

1970s iran was a wonderful country compared to now

[DavidJohnson-tvnn]

How many sane people will actually miss this guy?

[cassandratq]

The idea that there was a "message" was reported when I first tuned in to your reporting 2 hours ago.

[gholamhassani]

Only a British man would use the words “hope” and regime member’s “survival” in the same sentence.

[greenwave]

they sent every ambulance within 300 miles!

[FASTTRACKENGLISH]

I heard he is a down to earth kind of guy.

[emeldahay]

His last words were something about the snackbar.

[rickschablitsky]

He was heard just before the crash pointing and yelling Death to helicopters.