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| Date: | Wednesday 23 October 2002 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: |  MiG-21PFM Lancer-A |
| Owner/operator: | Romanian Air Force |
| Registration: | 5907 |
| MSN: | 965907 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bacau -
 Romania
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bacau |
| Bacau |
Bird ingestion in the engine, resulting in flame-out. Crashed seconds after take-off from homebase Bacau (Baza 95 Aeriana Bacau). Lt. Florin Butcovan ejected safely. "Black 5907"
Sources:
Scramble 283 ; http://www.newz.ro/stire/90234/avion-filmat-in-timp-ce-se-prabuseste-in-bacau-video-.html http://web.archive.org/web/20171101062103/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/romania.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2010 14:40 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 28-Oct-2010 03:13 | transylvhwp | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Feb-2020 19:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
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