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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 |
Destination airport: | LBPG |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: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:
![](/photos/wiki/2012/20120426_MG29_11_1089.jpg)
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] |