Royal Air Force Chinook suffered unspecificed “mishap” during training exercise.  It is known that Chinooks ZA671, ZA711 and ZA712 (and maybe a fourth?) are all currently based in Yuma on training work, so subject aircraft will be one of these.

Date:

7 April, 2012

Make:

Boeing

Model:

CH-47

Location:

15 miles northeast of Yuma

Country:

US-Arizona

Civil / Military:

Military

Operator:

Royal-Air-Force

Link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17649449

Link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/08/raf-chinook-emergency-landing-us-usa-united-states_n_1410551.html