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Chinook brought down by small arms fire: officials
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The Canadian Press
Date: Saturday Aug. 7, 2010 2:22 PM ET
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Canadian Forces has confirmed that a Chinook helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday was brought down by small arms fire.
The helicopter made a hard landing and immediately burst into flames 20 km southwest of Kandahar city.
Eight of the 21 people aboard the Canadian CH-147 Chinook suffered minor injuries.
Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, the commander of Task Force Kandahar, said small arms fire struck the aircraft, igniting a fire that forced the aircraft to land and eventually destroyed it.
Canada now has five Chinook helicopters remaining in its Afghanistan fleet.
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