Search efforts end after deadly RCAF helicopter crash near Ottawa
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The Department of National Defence confirmed the deaths of two RCAF crewmembers who were involved in a military helicopter crash Tuesday morning near Ottawa.
The search for two missing crewmembers of the Royal Canadian Air Force has ended and the two members are confirmed by the military to have died in helicopter crash early Tuesday morning near Ottawa.
The Department of National Defence confirmed the deaths in a statement 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 department said.
“Tragically, neither member survived.”
The names of the deceased individuals are not being released at the request of their families.
The four-member crew was on a training mission when the Chinook helicopter they were in crashed into the Ottawa River near Garrison Petawawa, Ont.,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the first to confirm any deaths from the crash Tuesday afternoon, but did not did not specify which members or how many 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,” said Defence Minister Anita Anand in a press conference Wednesday morning.
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