1 military member dead, 5 missing in Canadian military helicopter crash near Greece

One Canadian military member is dead while five others are missing after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Greece, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed today.

Four Royal Canadian Air Force members and two Royal Canadian Navy members were aboard the chopper serving with a NATO naval task force. It crashed in international waters between Greece



and Italy on Thursday.

According to Chief of the Defense Staff Jonathan Vance, the body of marine systems engineering officer Sub.

Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough has been recovered. Vance said the crash's debris area is large and the exact position of the wreckage is not yet known