- The helicopter that crashed in Iran on Sunday, killing the country's president and foreign minister in mountain fog, was a Bell 212 model, Iranian state media reported.
A civilian version of the ubiquitous Vietnam War-era UH-1N "Twin Huey," such helicopters are in wide use globally by both governments and private operators:
The Iranian model that crashed on Sunday was configured to carry government passengers.
jay flew the UH-1N "Twin Huey, and there are plenty of them still around.
There are a lot of 40 year old planes of all types flying safely today.