The Romanian Army announced that a MiG 21 Lancer plane disappeared from the radar in Romania today after the pilot announced that he was facing unfavorable weather conditions, everything happened just 2 hours ago, according to the authorities in our country.
The Romanian Army says that a helicopter took off 18 minutes later to search for the plane in a place it is believed to be the one where the plane could have crashed, and unfortunately that helicopter also crashed at only 23 minutes after takeoff.
"The IAR 330-Puma helicopter, which took off today, at around 20.21, on a search-rescue mission for the Mig 21 LanceR aircraft, lost radio contact with the control tower and disappeared from the radar at around 20.44.
The pilot had reported adverse weather conditions and had been ordered to return to base.
The last known position of the helicopter, which had on board a crew of five soldiers, is the area of Gura Dobrogei, about 11 km from the aerodrome. The condition of the crew or aircraft is unknown. And in this case, the search-and-rescue operations were launched.
There is no definite information yet about the MiG 21 LanceR pilot or aircraft.
We will come back with details.
A MiG 21 LanceR aircraft belonging to the 86th Air Base, which was performing an air patrol mission over Dobrogea, lost radio contact with the control tower, and today, at 20.03:XNUMX, it disappeared from the radar, in an area between the towns Cogealac and Gura Dobrogei.
The aircraft took off from Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base 57, around 19.50.
There is no information, at this time, about the condition of the pilot and the aircraft.
Search and rescue operations were launched urgently. An IAR-330 Puma helicopter took off urgently to the area of the possible impact, and the intervention crews of ISU Dobrogea also went to this area.
We will return with additional information as soon as it becomes available."
