Baku, Azerbaijan, July 14
By Fatih Karimov - Trend: A helicopter belonging to the Iranian Offshore Oil Company crashed in the Persian Gulf July 14, leaving its four passengers dead.
The helicopter crashed 15 miles off the Abouzar oil platform, which is owned by Iran, an informed source told Fars news agency.
"Certainly, there is no hope of finding the passengers alive," the source added.
The helicopter took off at 10:22 p.m. local time (GMT +4:30 hours) last night, but it lost communication with the control tower 10 minutes later.
Edited by CN