By my order today a plane “Spartan“ with the team will go to the Czech Republic with the “black box” of the crashed training-combat aircraft L-39Z. We expect it to be read within a few days, acting Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov told journalists in the "Kabile" military district. near Yambol.
The training and combat aircraft crashed on September 13 while preparing for a demonstration flight at the “Graf Ignatievo“ air base. The two pilots from the 12th aviation base in Dolna Mitropolia were killed – Petko Dimitrov and Ventsislav Dunkin. They were posthumously promoted to military rank.
Minister Zapryanov participated today in the military district in a ceremony for the official welcome of the servicemen from the maneuver company, which participated in the composition of the multinational battalion of the “Regional Command– West” from the composition of the NATO stabilization force for the maintenance of security in Kosovo (KFOR).