Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180218:09:01:00
Iranian authorities, a helicopter was forced back in an attempt to get to the location where these 66 passengers on board this twin turboprop aircraft that crashed not very far from its final destination. but they crashed in an area known as the -- well, not known as, called the dina mountain, which itself is a vast range, really, more than 40 peaks of over 4,000 meters. that's well in excess of 12,000 feet. a lot of them snow covered. this being winter, of course, in continental climate, can be very severe conditions. and clearly that was what prevailed when the first attempt to get a rescue ...