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The pilot, 69-year-old Jerry Riedinger of Issaquah, was found dead inside the wreckage of his 2001 Extra Flugzeugbau 300/L. Riedinger was first reported missing by his wife around 6 p.m. on Sunday after he did not arrive at his destination in Ephrata.
He originally flew out of Arlington Municipal Airport on Sunday at around 4:30 p.m. and was last seen at about 8,000 feet in the air when connection was lost.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-raisi-helicopter-crash-funerals-7bb445b5885fdf0ac8616820bf7f59f6
Mourners begin days of funerals for Iran’s president and others killed in helicopter crash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran’s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East.
For Iran’s Shiite theocracy, mass demonstrations have been crucial since millions thronged the streets of Tehran to welcome Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979 during the Islamic Revolution, and also attended his funeral 10 years later. An estimated 1 million turned out in 2020 for processions for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was slain in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad.
Whether President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others draw the same crowd remains in question, particularly as Raisi died in a helicopter crash, won his office in the lowest-turnout presidential election in the country’s history and presided over sweeping crackdowns on all dissent. Prosecutors already have warned people over showing any public signs of celebrating his death and a heavy security force presence has been seen on the streets of Tehran since the crash.
another meme-able ring >>20895440