 On 30 August 2009 , Chinook HC Mk2 <unk> the loss of another Chinook was announced . The helicopter made a hard landing while on operations near Sangin , Helmand province . It suffered damage to the undercarriage , nose and front rotor , but the crew and 15 soldiers on board were unharmed . According to the Ministry of Defence due to the location of the crash it was not possible to safely recover the aircraft and it was destroyed with explosives deliberately . The cause of the hard landing is being investigated , although it is not thought to have been shot down . 
