Italian military helicopter crash leaves four dead and eleven injured in Bosnia

Four people were killed and eleven others were injured when an Italian military helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Bosnia, the New York Post reported on Thursday. The aircraft crashed in a field near Gorice, located within the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1]

The New York Post reported that video footage showed the Italian CH-47 Chinook struggling to maintain propulsion at a low altitude prior to the crash. The helicopter was carrying fifteen people at the time of the incident while participating in a European Union peacekeeping force mission. [1]

According to the New York Post, the victims included army sergeants and flight technicians Simone Ruggia and Claudio Marchesi. Franco Adriano Zecchillo, a lieutenant in the Italian Red Cross Military Corps, was also killed in the crash. [1]