Meer dan 1000 hulpverleners zoeken vermiste zweefvlieger

[Jan Ritsma]

Meer dan 1000 hulpverleners uitgerust met helicopters en drones zoeken in Roemenie naar een al 5 dagen geleden verdwenen zweefvlieger.

Huge search for Romanian glider pilot missing for 5 days

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian authorities have mobilized more than 1,000 rescuers in a massive search operation for a missing pilot and his glider now in its fifth day.

Mircea Craciun, one of Romania's most experienced gliders, went missing on Thursday after taking off on a private flight from the town of Ghimbav in mountainous central Romania.

The disappearance of the 57-year-old pilot has prompted a massive search and rescue effort.

By Monday, authorities had mobilized 1,350 rescue workers, 11 planes, choppers and drones and some 220 ground vehicles.

The Interior Ministry said Monday the search would be extended to hard-to-access areas of three counties in central Romania.

Zie: http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/hug ... ar-BBlB9Za
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http://www.nineoclock.ro/search-for-mis ... -used-too/

[Jan Ritsma]

Het wrak van het verdwenen vliegtuig en de omgekomen zweefvlieger zijn door een tourist gevonden..

A glider that went missing in early-August this year was found on Saturday, November 21, in the Postavaru Mountains after a tourist called local authorities and announced that he saw pieces of the aircraft in a remote area. The pilot’s body was found inside the aircraft.

“During the summer, Postavarul Mountains, which represent an area of over 1,000 hectares, were included several times in the research area, with staff from the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, the Mountain Gendarmerie, climbers and others conducting the searches. Moreover, the area was also checked from the air with helicopters and drones but, despite all efforts, the aircraft couldn’t be identified because of the very dense forest,” reads a statement of the Department for Emergency Situations.

The area was secured and the case was taken over by the competent authorities, which will investigate the causes and circumstances of the event, reads the statement.

Romanian pilot Mircea Craciun was flying the glider when the aircraft went missing on August 6 this year. The authorities have been searching for the missing glider for weeks, in several areas in the country, but the searches had no result.

Mircea Craciun was one of the most experienced glider pilots in Romania. He had a personal record of 700 kilometers and he was preparing to fly 1,000 kilometers. When he disappeared in August, he was testing a newly assembled glider.

Zie: http://www.romania-insider.com/tourist- ... ad/160327/

Lees ook:

http://www.romaniajournal.ro/glider-mis ... on-sunday/

[pietjebel]

Altijd vervelend nieuws, maar na zo'n lange tijd was het natuurlijk wel te verwachten. De foto's laten overigens in achtergrond een opengevouwen parachute zien, wat opmerkelijk is aangezien Mircea volgens het bericht nog in het wrak zat. Ben benieuwd naar wat er zich heeft afgespeeld.