Moment of Accident MiG 21 LanceR

A MiG 21 LanceR fighter aircraft collapsed on Saturday shortly after taking off from the Borcea 86 military base in Calarasi County, where he participated in an aeronautical show. The pilot did his best not to jeopardize the more than 3,000 people present at the event, so instead of catapulting, he preferred to do some maneuvers and take the plane as far as possible over field. The moment of impact with the ground was captured by the photographer Cătălin Groşan:

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In the pictures you can see how the contact with the ground explodes and leaves a trail of fire on the stubble. In fact, a shooting occurred at about 10 hectares and had to be extinguished by firefighters.

Spectators who attended the military show were urgently evacuated

] The pilots' colleagues are convinced that he has not made any mistakes, and the most likely cause of it 39, accident is an airplane failure. The pilot who lost his life was 36 years old and over 400 active hours. Lieutenant Commander Florin Rotaru was married and had two children

All MiG 21 LanceR aircraft are now on the ground, according to the procedure, until the military prosecutor's office investigation be completed

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