Investigation to be conducted over the plane crash in Siria
Investigators will probe the scraps of the airplane destroyed almost completely after it fell on a house in Arad. The pilot lost his life.
Articol de Ioan Suciu, 26 Iunie 2012, 08:03
The investigations conducted at the scene of the accident will continue after the arrival of a committee of experts appointed by the Aeronautical Romanian Authority.
Sunday evening a C42 Ikarus fell on a house construction in Siria, Arad. The pilot, aged 42, lost his life in the crash.
This is the third aeronautical accident that has occurred in Romania in a week’s span. The plane basically crashed into the top floor of the construction.
Because the house wasn’t connected to the power network, there was no danger of any fire, Ioan Bogdanescu, the chief of ISU Arad, said.
The pilot who lost his life was a registered athlete at the National Aeroclub and was working as an aeronautical traffic controller at the Center of flight directing in Arad, a subsidiary of ROMATSA( Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration).
The pilot was on an air registered agreement flight and was between Oradea and the Siria aerodrom.
On the outskirts of Siria, which is situated ca 30 kilometers from Arad, is an aerodrom also used as training ground for aeronautical excercices, especially toward the end of the working week.
The lifeless body of the pilot was taken by forensics for necropcy.
The pilot had a record of over 200 hours of flight, and he had attended flight school through the Caransebes Aeroclub.
The attorney who went to the scene of the accident, Cristian Lazar, declared that the pilot’s death was violent and that it was still unclear how the accident occurred.
Plane accidents in Romania over the past years
On the 26th of April, 2012, a helicopter crashed in Ostrov, Tulcea, according to the Delta emergency Inspectorate. Five people on board the helicopter died, according to the Police Inspectorate of the commettee.
In the mid July 2011, a small sized airplane crashed in Sirna, Prahova. According to the Prahova Emergency Inspectorate, there were two persons on board. One of them was found burnt, the other passanger was rushed into hospital for emergency treatment.
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On the 1st of November 2010, an double pilot MIG 21 Lancer, property of the 71 Air Fleet in Campia Turzii, crashed near the aerodrome. The two pilots lost their lives in the crash.
On the 26th of July 2010, an aeronautical accident involving an Israeli helicopter CH53 took place in Fundata, Brasov. The chief of the Bran mountaineer rescue service, Fănică Boboc, said that four corpses had been found at the scene of the crash. Seven soldiers, among which one was Romanian, were on board the helicopter.
On the 5th of July 2010 an airplane, property of the practice school of aeronautic forces in Boboc fell and went ablaze during the impact with the aerodrome ground in Tuzla. 12 soldiers lost their lives in the crash.
Translated by
Vlad Nichita
MTTLC, Bucharest University
