CCTV FOLLIES 5.20 HELICOPTER DOWN IN IRAN! (5.21 Xinwen Lianbo update)

CCTV Morning News draws on its Tehran bureau to provide stand-ups and interviews, though at time of broadcast little was known about the crash. -Toy helicopter used as prop to explain "hard landing"

“A hard landing happened to a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan on Sunday, Iran's state-run IRIB TV reported.” (Xinhua)