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Italian EUFOR helicopter crash in Bosnia

Coverage of an Italian EUFOR Althea helicopter crash in Brčko district, its casualties and the investigation.

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Brčko in July 2004. Archive illustration; neither the exact crash site nor the aircraft is pictured.
Brčko in July 2004. Archive illustration; neither the exact crash site nor the aircraft is pictured. — Ruedi Lindegger / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ; juillet 2004, sans modification.

Where things stand

As of 30 October 2026, Italy’s defence ministry reports four dead and eleven injured. The cause has not been established.

Reported information

Four killed in Italian helicopter crash in Bosnia

An Italian helicopter serving with the EU’s EUFOR Althea mission crashed near Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 29 October 2026. Italy’s defence ministry reports four dead and eleven injured.

Brčko in July 2004. Archive illustration; neither the exact crash site nor the aircraft is pictured.
Brčko in July 2004. Archive illustration; neither the exact crash site nor the aircraft is pictured. — Ruedi Lindegger / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ; juillet 2004, sans modification.

Fifteen people were aboard the Chinook. The ministry says the dead were two army personnel and two members of the Italian Red Cross Volunteer Military Corps. The injured are receiving treatment and none is in a life-threatening condition, according to the same account.

The cause is under investigation. This toll supersedes lower initial local figures issued during rescue operations. The Althea mission supports implementation of the Dayton peace agreement.

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