The mission of the AKINCI UCAV in locating the downed helicopter in Iran has been featured in the world press.
Turkish Bayraktar AKINCI TUAV successfully took part in the mission to locate the downed helicopter of Iranian President Reisi. This development, which received wide coverage in the world press, was also reported by the Russian news agency TASS. It was stated that the Turkish UAV located the helicopter and transmitted the coordinates to Iran. India-based The Daily Guardian newspaper detailed the details of the TUAV’s mission and headlined “Rescue teams mobilized after Turkish drone detected the heat source”.
Chinese media outlet CGTN also gave extensive coverage to the news and praised Turkey for extending a helping hand to Iran. Arab media also recognized the role of the Turkish TUAV. The English-language Al-Arabiya news website announced the news with the headline “Turkish drone found the crash site”. NewArab used the headline “Turkish intervention in search and rescue efforts”.
Israeli media also carried the success of Turkish UAVs in their columns. The Jerusalem Post gave extensive coverage to the technical specifications of the UCAVs. This incident once again demonstrated that Turkish UCAVs perform successfully even in adverse weather conditions.
