Developing: Italian CH-47F Chinook Crashes in Bosnia
Local officials reported three dead and 12 injured as the Italian Army helicopter crashed during an EUFOR mission, with the cause still under investigation.
- An Italian CH-47 Chinook helicopter operating with EUFOR Althea crashed near Gorice in the Brcko District of Bosnia on October 29, 2026, as emergency services were quickly dispatched to the site.
- The Italian Ministry of Defense confirmed the crash and stated that an investigation into the cause is currently underway, pending more precise information regarding personnel status.
- Brcko District Mayor Sinisa Milic told Bosnian Serb RTRS that three people died and 12 received medical care, including one person in critical condition, though the Ministry has not confirmed these figures.
- The Klix published photos showing the largely destroyed helicopter on a lawn, while EUFOR confirmed no civilian infrastructure, property, or vehicles were damaged and there were no civilian injuries.
- Operating under a U.N. Security Council mandate, EUFOR's 1,200-soldier mission took over from NATO in 2004 to help maintain security and oversee military provisions of the regional peace agreement.
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The accident occurred around four in the afternoon, local time.
Three people were killed and twelve injured when a EUFOR military helicopter crashed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cause of the serious helicopter accident is under investigation.
"Several members of Eufor staff tragically lost their lives in the accident, while others were seriously injured," Eufor announced.
At least three people were killed and 12 injured when a military helicopter belonging to the European Union Peacekeeping Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR) crashed.
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, a helicopter of the EU peacekeeping force stationed there crashed, several soldiers died. According to the Ministry of Defence in Rome, it is a helicopter from Italy.
The European Union's military force in Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed that an Italian helicopter CH-47 Chinook crashed today in Brcko, in the northeast of the country. In the incident, we read in...
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