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| Date: | Thursday 26 April 2012 |
| Time: | 10:35 LT |
| Type: |  Mikojan-Gurevič MiG-29UB |
| Owner/operator: | Bulgarian Air Force |
| Registration: | 11 |
| MSN: | N50903013375 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tsarimir, Plovdiv -
 Bulgaria
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LBPG |
| LBPG |
A Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29UB Fulcrum of 3 Iztrebitelna Aviacionna Basa (3.IAB Wing) / 2/3 Iztrebitelna Avio Eskadrila,(full c/n: N50903013375), has ditched into a river between the southern villages of Tsarimir and Golyam Chardak, Plovdiv province, shorly after take off from Graf Ignatievo Air Base - LBPG.
The two pilots catapulted themselves out of the aircraft and have already returned to Graf Ignatievo Air Base.
Sources:
https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=138824
http://i.id24.bg//im/g/8466_1.jpg
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/6/3/3/1998336.jpg (photo)
Images:
At the crash site 3 hours and 30 min after it happened. Conditions were not good for taking pictures - against the light and far from the debris.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2012 12:00 | Anon. | Added |
| 26-Apr-2012 12:05 | krasatpi | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2012 12:10 | krasatpi | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2012 12:23 | harro | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2012 12:24 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Apr-2012 02:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2012 00:20 | Airfan | Updated |
| 17-May-2013 15:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Oct-2016 08:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, ] |
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