{"id":68181,"date":"2024-06-19T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/heads-of-state-plane-crashes-list\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:00:13","slug":"history-5-heads-of-state-killed-in-plane-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=68181","title":{"rendered":"History: 5 Heads Of State Killed In Plane Crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/iran-president-dies-crash-pre-revolution-bell-212-helicopter\/\">the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, died after his helicopter crashed<\/a> into a mountain during thick fog. A few weeks later, the Vice-President of the southern African nation of Malawai also died in a <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/plane-crash\/\">plane crash<\/a>. Both of these incidents appear to be caused by mechanical malfunctions or pilot errors. However, just as with the John F. 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