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| Date: | Thursday 1 December 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gyroplane |
| Owner/operator: | Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saravan Airport, province of Sistan and Baluchistan -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The gyroplane crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot died in the crash.
Iranian media report that the aircraft involved was a gyroplane. A photo, supposedly of the accident, however seem to show a fixed wing ultralight aircraft.
Sources:
http://en.mehrnews.com/news/121695/IRGC-ultralight-plane-crashes-pilot-killed
https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2579140&Language=en
www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13950911000264
Photo: https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/5880349/%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B7-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2016 15:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Dec-2016 08:45 | azhdar24 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 02-Dec-2016 09:18 | azhdar24 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 02-Dec-2016 09:22 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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