RAF chopper crash in Afghanistan kills five – it had crashed into a security balloon

An RAF Puma Mk 2 chopper has crashed in a NATO base in Kabul, Afghanistan killing five persons – two of them were from RAF. Another five have been injured. It is suspected that the chopper had may have hit a security surveillance balloon.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 12 October 2015.

The incident took place "in the vicinity of the Resolute Support base" and, as per a witness, the helicopter appeared to have hit the security balloon as it was landing. As a result, the cable got entangled around the helicopter rotor.
UGC footage has emerged of a balloon falling after the helicopter came down. The balloon was severed from its mooring during the incident.
The five persons killed were from Resolute Support which is a NATO-led mission with the objective to train Afghan security forces following the stand-down of the International Security Assistance Force last year. At present, around 500 British troops continue to remain in Afghanistan as part of the mission.
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