The Department of National Defence (DND) says the remains of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and a large part of the helicopter they crashed in have been located.
In a news release, DND said they were located early Wednesday morning by the CAF and United States navy search and recovery team near the CH-148 Cyclone crash site.
The crash site is approximately 220 nautical miles east of Catania, Sicily, where the team recently travelled to from Souda Bay, Greece.
The remains and a large piece of the fuselage were discovered by a REMORA III remotely-operated vehicle over three kilometres below sea level. “Over the next hours and days, the recovery team will continue their search for both our fallen and additional pieces of the