Romanian Antonov crashed today

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http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/7115 ... buitenland
Sorry, Dutch only

Today a Romanian Antonov (seems to be a AN-26) crashed while transporting para's. 10 persons are reported dead and 3 heavilly injured. The plane took of from Tuzla (near the city of Constanta) and she is believed to have crashed shortly after take off.

Hurricane.

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/te ... 5888286345" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ten dead in Romanian military plane crash
From: NewsCore July 06, 2010 3:05AM

A ROMANIAN military aircraft crashed today minutes after taking off from Tuzla airport, in the northeastern part of Bosnia, killing 10 people and leaving three more injured.

Deputy Transport Minister Marin Anton said the AN-2 aircraft, a single-engined biplane of Soviet design, lost altitude soon after take-off, crashed and caught fire.

The plane carried nine paratroopers and four crew members.

The three injured were taken to a local hospital, one of them in a coma, medical sources said.

Witnesses quoted by local media said three paratroopers had apparently managed to jump from the aircraft before it crashed.

The bodies of the 10 dead were found incinerated inside the plane.

The defence ministry has set up an investigation commission.

[DJdeRidder]

I think it's an An-2 as several sources say it belonged to the military flight school and was carrying paratroopers. Sad news though...

[Thijs]

As Tuzla only has a small grass strip, it seems more likely it was a An2

[Hurricane]

Newsfootage today also showed remains of a AN-2, for now 11 people didn't survived and 2 bailed out in time.

[DJdeRidder]

Some footage here, not much left of the plane: http://webtv.realitatea.net/actual/un-a ... autoPlay=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[DJdeRidder]

Anyone already got an ID for this aircraft?

[zapacitu]

Serial 53, Polish made An-2T delivered in 1982

From the 14 on board, 12 died, 4 from the Air Force - among them Commander Nicolae Jianu, chief of the Air Force School at Boboc. The other 8 (one of which passed away at the hospital) were Navy, from a small elite diver unit (our equivalent of the US SEAL or British SBS). It's a terrible loss; apart from the value of the people involved, as far as numbers go this is the worst loss of life in a Romanian military crash / shootdown since the end of WW2.

R.I.P.