DTwo members of the Royal Canadian Air Force were reported missing this morning after the military helicopter they were traveling in crashed in the Ontario region, about 160 kilometers from the capital, Ottawa.
In a press release, the armed forces explained that four soldiers were aboard a CH-147 Chinook helicopter, on a training flight, when the vehicle crashed Tuesday around midnight, near the Ottawa River.
Two of the team members were found alive and transported to a hospital unit.
Around fifty members of the armed forces are collaborating in search operations, both on land and at sea. Civilian vessels have also been asked to avoid the coasts close to the region, in order to facilitate operations.
The RCAF is assisting in the search for two missing members of the 450 THS following the crash of a CH-147F Chinook in the Ottawa River near Gn Petawawa, Ontario. during a training flight in the early morning of June 20, 2023.
Full press release: https://t.co/O6ugI9A6B1 pic.twitter.com/i3VeXvFgnZ
– Royal Canadian Air Force (@RCAF_ARC) June 20, 2023
The reasons for the check or the condition of the two soldiers found are currently unknown.
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