 On 19 August 2009 , Chinook HC Mk2 <unk> the Ministry of Defence announced that a Chinook made an emergency landing following an RPG strike and subsequent engine fire after a cargo drop @-@ off just north of Sangin in Helmand Province , Afghanistan . The Chinook flew two kilometres to a safe area before landing . None of the crew sustained any injuries and all evacuated the aircraft before they were rescued by a second Chinook on the same sortie . The damaged aircraft was then destroyed by coalition air strikes to prevent it falling into the hands of the Taliban . 
