Minister of National Defence Anita Anand has confirmed that two crew members aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) helicopter that crashed on June 20 near a town northwest of Ottawa have been found dead after hours of searching.
Anand told reporters in Ottawa on the morning of June 21 that the Department of National Defence (DND) will not be releasing the names of the two deceased members out of respect for their families.
Two other military members—whom DND has not identified—were also on board the RCAF CH-147F Chinook that crashed in the Ottawa River just after midnight on June 20 near Petawawa, Ont. They were found by Garrison Petawawa firefighters shortly after and taken to hospital with minor injuries in the city of Pembroke about 16 kilometres away….