Alert in Brăila! A military drone allegedly crashed on Thursday evening in a field, about 15 kilometers from the city, in the Big Island of Brăila.
The authorities rushed to the area and cordoned off the perimeter. A large operation is currently underway.
A helicopter of the Ministry of Defense, the SRI Anti-Terrorist Brigade, crews from the Police, Gendarmerie and ISU are in the area of the Filipoiu farm, where the military drone crashed.
What the Ministry of Defense says
The Ministry of Defense confirms in a statement that “elements of a possible drone have been identified in the Big Island of Braila”. Local publication DeBraila. ro shows that the fragments fell only 8 km from the city of Brăila.
“In the evening of March 28, 2024, fragments that seem to come from an aerial device (drone) were identified on an agricultural land in Insula Mare a Brailei. The Ministry of National Defense, together with specialized structures within the National Defense System, public order and national security, will conduct the investigation of the incident on Friday, March 29, 2024, according to the specific operational procedures,” the statement reads.
People captured footage of the drone before the incident
On social networks, people posted several images of a flying object, captured just before the incident.
Witnesses claim that a loud bang was heard when the drone crashed.
“It was making a strange, strong sound,” said the person who filmed for debrăila.ro.
From the information provided up to this time, no one has been injured
4 meter crater
Last night, around 10:00 p.m., several citizens called 112, announcing that a drone had crashed in a field in the Big Island of Braila
According to debrăila.ro, the crater formed has a diameter of approximately 4 meters. The place where the drone crashed is located 8 km from the ferry crossing from the Brăila municipality towards the Big Island of Brăila.
Army specialists have arrived at the crater and will assess the origin of the military drone.
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