Monday, May 16 – Following a Canadian Ch-47 Chinook transport chopper accident due to hard landing on a river bed in Afghanistan, at least four Canadian soldiers have been injured.
Initial reports suggested that it had been heavily damaged.
The accident occurred during night operations by the Quebec-based Royal 22nd Regiment in the Horn of Panjwai district. Insurgents were not blamed in the incident.
According to Maj. David Devenney, the Task Force Kandahar spokesman, none of the injures were considered serious or life-threatening at this time.
He said that the Chinook turned on its side as it landed. An assessment was being conducted to decide whether the aircraft was salvageable, he said.
A Canadian journalist was also injured among the dozen passengers on board.
The wounded were flown by medevac helicopter to the U.S. navy-run Role 3 Hospital at Kandahar Airfield. The crash was secured by Canadian and other coalition forces.
Monday’s accident was the third involving a Canadian helicopter in Afghanistan. Another Chinook was hit insurgent gunfire and burned after being forced to make a hard landing on Aug 5, 2010. Eight soldiers were wounded in the crash.
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