Italian Chinook crash in Bosnia kills four, injures 11

An Italian CH-47 Chinook serving with the European Union’s EUFOR mission crashed during a routine mission in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 29, killing four people and injuring 11, according to Italian and EU officials. The Italian Defence Ministry said the dead were two soldiers and two members of the Italian Red Cross Volunteer Military Corps. All 15 people aboard were Italian nationals, according to the ministry. EUFOR said the injured were receiving medical treatment and were in stable condition. The crash occurred in the Brčko region, about 180 kilometres north of Sarajevo. EUFOR described the flight as a routine mission; other accounts characterized it as routine training. The mission said it had begun a thorough investigation, and the cause has not been established. Brčko hospital spokesperson Salih Ibrahimbegović said three people died at the scene and a fourth later died in hospital. He said 12 people were initially taken to the hospital. The ministry’s final casualty count was four dead and 11 injured. A report by ANSA said investigators were examining a possible collision with high-voltage power lines. That possibility has not been confirmed, and the...