Search efforts end after deadly RCAF helicopter crash near Ottawa | 24CA News
The seek for two lacking crewmembers of the Royal Canadian Air Force has ended and the 2 members are confirmed by the navy to have died in helicopter crash early Tuesday morning close to Ottawa.
The Department of National Defence confirmed the deaths in an announcement Wednesday.
“The two missing air crew members from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CH-147F Chinook that crashed in the Ottawa River in the early hours of Tuesday June 20, were found last evening,” the division mentioned.
“Tragically, neither member survived.”
The names of the deceased people are usually not being launched on the request of their households.
The four-member crew was on a coaching mission when the Chinook helicopter they have been in crashed into the Ottawa River close to Garrison Petawawa, Ont.,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the primary to substantiate any deaths from the crash Tuesday afternoon, however didn’t didn’t specify which members or what number of had been killed.
“This incident is a painful reminder that members of the Canadian Armed Forces undertake great risks to defend Canada, whether in combat or in training,” mentioned Defence Minister Anita Anand in a press convention Wednesday morning.
She mentioned each of the 2 members injured within the crash have been handled for minor accidents, and have since been launched.
More to come back…
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