10 Nov 2024
Sunday 19 June 2016 - 14:48
Story Code : 219262

Iran gets 5 air rescue choppers

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Five new rescue helicopters that Irans Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has purchased will enter service within a month, an official announced.

Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Morteza Salimi, deputy head of the IRCS Relief and Rescue Organization, said the five Bell 412s are now being flown in flight training courses.

The new copters have the capability to land on water, he added.

The Iranian parliament has recently allocated a budget to boost the countrys rescue and relief operations.

Relief choppers are used by the Iranian Red Crescent Society, a nongovernmental humanitarian organization, for search-and-rescue missions and transporting victims of natural disasters.

By Tasnim News Agency
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