7 dead as Romania chopper crashes while looking for missing fighter jet

BUCHAREST, 04 March 2022, (TON): Officials said “seven military personnel died after their helicopter crashed in eastern Romania near the Black Sea while searching for a missing fighter jet and its pilot.”

The IAR 330-Puma helicopter crashed in the area of Gura Dobrogei, 11 kilometres (seven miles) from the airfield, killing all seven people aboard, according to the ministry of defence.

It was searching for a MiG 21 LanceR, shortly after the fighter jet lost radio contact with the control tower during an air patrol mission and disappeared from the radar.

A statement from the defence ministry said “search and rescue operations for the pilot of the MiG 21 LanceR aircraft are still ongoing.”

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the helicopter crash.

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