2024-04-17 05:25:53
Several drones were spotted by the military at Romania’s 57th Mihail Coglunicanu Air Force Base, Constanta County, late Monday evening, Digi 24 TV and Ziare news site reported.
According to defense ministry officials, the drones observed by electronic, optical and visual means were small in size, possibly of commercial type, and flying at a low speed and at a low altitude. They specified that they had referred the case to the Military Prosecutor’s Office.
The sources indicate that between 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on April 16 and 17, the officers who guarded the base reported the appearance of first one unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) and then two others near the Mikhail Airport. Koglunicanu”, writes BTA.
“According to the procedures, all measures were taken to maintain the security of the airspace, and civil air traffic authorities were promptly informed in view of this situation. Electronic warfare-type countermeasures, such as radar and visual contact with the latter, were also applied repeatedly two systems was lost around 00:30 hours,” the defense ministry said.