Tevel

World news, in Hebrew and English

· EUFOR Helicopter Crash in Bosnia

Bosnia Helicopter Crash: Victims Identified, Video of Impact Emerges

The four fatalities in the Chinook crash were Italian military and medical personnel, with all 11 injured now in stable condition.

An Italian Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter in flight, 2015
An Italian Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter in flight, 2015 · Photo: Giulio1996Cordignano · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

New details have emerged following the crash of the European Union peacekeeping mission's military helicopter in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to reports by Hungarian outlet HVG and Israeli news website JDN, the aircraft that went down in the Brčko area during a routine training exercise was a Chinook transport helicopter.

JDN reported that the four people killed in the disaster were two members of the Italian Armed Forces and two personnel from the Italian Military Red Cross. The outlet also noted that the condition of all 11 injured individuals evacuated from the scene is currently stable.

Meanwhile, HVG published close-up video footage showing the moment the helicopter struck the ground. The precise circumstances of the crash remain under investigation, and further details have not yet been released.

Sources: HVG, JDN

Generated automatically by the Tevel desk and labelled as such.