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Botoșani

Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Ştefăneşti

Date & Time: Jul 3, 2008 at 0605 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
YR-CNG
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Ştefăneşti - Ştefăneşti
MSN:
1G158-45
YOM:
1974
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a spraying mission when the engine failed. He attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in an open field, bursting into flames. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 in Avrămeni: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1G+DN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3348
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by ground artillery and crashed in Avrămeni. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was injured.
Crew:
Cpt Werner Suden, pilot, †
Oblt Robert Kalischewski, observer, †
Ofw Adolf Hubensack, radio operator,
Fw Helmut Chedor, mechanic, †
Ogfr Otto Seibt, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by ground fire.