Disasters · Brčko helicopter crashbrcko helicopter crash: Four dead, eleven injured after Italian Chinook training flightAired October 30, 2026 at 1:19 AM UTCWritten October 30, 2026 at 1:26 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07An Italian military helicopter crashed, killing four people and injuring the other0:11eleven aboard.0:12The survivors are stable and still receiving medical treatment.0:15The crash struck a European Union peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.0:20Investigators still have to determine what brought down the helicopter during0:23routine training.0:24The Italian Army CH47 Chinook was assigned to Operation E4 Althea.0:28It came down on October29,20206 in the Gorias area near Bre, Coast in0:34northern Bosnia and Herzegovina.0:36Bosnian emergency services and EU4 assets responded.0:39The helicopter was largely destroyed.0:41Photographs showed its wreckage lying on a lawn.0:44The losses were confined to those aboard the aircraft.0:46No civilians were injured in the crash.0:48EU-4 also says civilian buildings, property, and vehicles escaped damage.0:53The emergency response centered on the people who had been aboard the helicopter.0:56Brie Co District Mayor Sini Amili initially gave a toll of three dead and twelve1:01people receiving care.1:02He later confirmed that an injured person had died in hospital.1:06EU4's updated count is four dead and eleven injured.1:09The first three deaths were pronounced at the scene, and twelve injured people were1:12taken to hospital.1:13Hospital spokesperson Sally Abrahambagovi said one seriously injured patient was1:18undergoing surgery.1:19Millie had described one of the twelve patients as critical.1:22Officials haven't said whether the person who died in hospital was that patient.1:26Two of those killed were members of the Italian Armed Forces.1:29Two belonged to the Italian Red Cross Military Corps.1:31The Red Cross personnel were serving in its military corps when the training flight1:35ended in the crash.1:36Fifteen people were aboard the helicopter.1:38The four deaths and eleven surviving injured people account for everyone on board.1:42The earlier twelve patients were part of that same group.1:45Two injured personnel were transferred to Tisla, while nine were treated in Bura,1:50Co.1:50Together, they make up the eleven surviving injured people.1:53EU4's latest assessment describes all eleven as stable, with medical treatment1:58continuing.1:58EuF4's mission numbers one, two hundred soldiers.2:01It took over from NATO in two thousand and four to help maintain security in Bosnia2:05and Herzegovina.2:06Its work includes overseeing the military provisions of the peace agreement that2:09ended the country's one thousand nine hundred and ninety two ninety five war.2:14The helicopter was carrying out routine training when it crashed.2:17U4 says a thorough and complete investigation is underway.2:20Investigators haven't identified the cause.2:22Their findings will have to explain what brought the aircraft down and whether2:25changes are needed to prevent another loss.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
