An Italian Army helicopter crashed in Bosnia, killing four Italian military personnel and injuring 11
An Italian Army CH-47 Chinook serving with the European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina crashed near Gorice in the Brčko District on October 29, killing four Italian personnel and injuring 11. EUFOR said the helicopter was conducting routine training. A day of mourning was declared in Brčko following the crash.
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An Italian Army CH-47 Chinook serving with the EU peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina crashed on Oct. 29, killing four members of the Italian contingent and injuring 11 people. The helicopter was deployed with EUFOR’s Operation Althea and went down near Gorice in the Brčko District, about 180km north of Sarajevo. EUFOR said the aircraft was conducting “routine training”; Balkan Insight described the flight as a routine mission. A day of mourning was declared in Brčko after the crash. Bosnian media published photos of the wreckage, showing the helicopter overturned in a flat field.
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Al Jazeera and Balkan Insight report four deaths in the EUFOR helicopter crash, while Brussels Signal reports the same crash and confirms that 11 people were injured. The reports are dated October 30, 2026, and do not contradict the proposed event.