MApN reported on Friday that in Brăila they had found “elements of a possible drone” that would have fallen on Romanian territory. We remind you that an explosion took place on Thursday evening, around 8:00 p.m., in Insula Mare, 8 kilometers from Brăila and 23 kilometers inside the Romanian territory, the local press reported that it was the crash of a military drone.
Near the place where the drone crashed in the Big Island of BrailaPhoto: debraila.ro
“In the evening of March 28, 2024, fragments were identified that seem to come from an aerial device (drone) on an agricultural land in Insula Mare a Brăilei”, MApN said in a press release sent on Friday, 29 March, 10:32 a.m., with the title “Elements of a possible drone, identified in the Big Island of Braila”.
“MApN, together with specialized structures within the national defense system, is currently investigating the incident on the spot according to specific operational procedures”, the MApN also transmits.
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A drone allegedly crashed on Thursday evening near Brăila
We remind you that an explosion took place on Thursday evening, around 8:00 p.m., in Insula Mare, 8 kilometers from Brăila and 23 kilometers inside the Romanian territory, the local press reported that it was the crash of a military drone.
The alert that a drone of military provenance fell between the municipality of Brăila and the commune of Frecăței came Thursday evening among the law enforcement agencies of Brăila county, according to information provided by confidential sources and quoted by the local press.
An official, independent confirmation is published by the local publication “Ziarul Comunitatea”, which quotes Colonel Ștefan Stoian, spokesperson of ISU Brăila. He says he expected villagers to call 112 in the event of such an event, but they did not, “as they should”.
“I heard the bang, but I don’t know where it fell,” said an eyewitness, a worker on the ferry crossing to the Big Island. The statement was provided to another local publication, debraila.ro.
The crater formed has a diameter of approximately 4 meters and is visible from the air, according to the local publication.
“A helicopter of the Ministry of Defense, the Anti-Terrorist Brigade from the SRI, crews from the Police, the Gendarmerie and the ISU are in the Big Island of Brăila, in the area of the Filipoiu farm, where a military drone crashed in the field,” the journalists write.
The place where the drone crashed is located 8 km from the ferry crossing from the Brăila municipality towards the Big Island of Brăila.
The authorities were alerted on Thursday evening, around 21:45, about the crash of the drone. Since then, the area has been cordoned off by law enforcement. Witnesses claim that a loud bang was heard when the drone crashed.
