Military helicopter crashed in Bosnia: what are the hypotheses being examined by investigators

The CH-47F involved in the tragedy is an updated model of the helicopter built over 60 years ago by Boeing. What carries it up are the two rotors, whose blades turn one clockwise and the other anti-clockwise, keeping it stable. One of the hypotheses that has emerged in recent hours is that one of the rotors may have lost power compared to the other, thus compromising the stability of the helicopter. A control on the pedals of the pilots driving the vehicle may not have worked. Failure is one of the hypotheses, but not the only one.

It should also be considered that the two pilots underwent extensive training to drive such a complex vehicle. And Chinook veterans report that "if they hadn't been ready and good we would have had 15 deaths." In fact "they managed to impact almost level, if they had done so head-on or tail-on the vertical speed would have been higher and they would probably all have died".

The Italian Defense will carry out in-depth investigations with its technical commission sent to the site which will analyze wreckage, memory of on-board instrumentation and listen to witnesses. The Rome military prosecutor's office, for its part, has started an investigation file without any hypothesis of crime which will then be evaluated following the outcome of the investigations.

And there was no shortage of controversy after Arnaldo Lomuti and Bruno Marton of the M5S called for "full light to be shed on the causes of this tragedy to ascertain whether the probable failure was due to deficiencies in the maintenance of the aircraft or to other reasons". Defense Minister Crosetto's reply was dry: "It's an example unworthy of engaging in politics. The maintenance of those vehicles is superior to that of any civilian vehicle." For Undersecretary Isabella Rauti, it is "an act of profiteering that qualifies those who do it". Giorgio Mulè (FI) also speaks of "a vile act, which dishonors those who commit it above all because it is fueled by ignorance". Paola Chiesa (FdI) is along the same lines: "Once again the 5 Star Movement demonstrates that it is unable to distinguish between legitimate political confrontation and the instrumental exploitation of a tragedy".