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Helicopter crashed into a mountain in basically zero visibility fog. Chuck Shumer said that the is suspected no foul play. Sounds to be just an accident. If I remember, this is what brought down Kobes helicopter too
Probably had more experience with flying by instruments only, or they were just being more cautious.
With rotary aircraft, instrument experience varies a lot more from pilot to pilot than fixed wing, that and fixed wing aircraft have a lot more altitude to cushion any mistakes of an inexperienced pilot.
If I was a betting guy, I would guess the pilot was current/former revolutionary guard. Military pilots may have more flight time/experience, but they probably don't spend a lot of it in low vis conditions. Not a lot of reason to have military helicopters operate in conditions where they wouldn't be able to see targets on the ground.
Most of these accidents happen just like it did with Kobe. Where the pilots tell their passengers that it's too dangerous to operate, and the passengers insist they need to get where they're going anyways.
*Zero visibility fog induced by a CIA weather machine