Ministry of National Defence
Commander Aurelian Cojocaru, pilot of the IAR 99 Soim aircraft that crashed near Craiova on Thursday morning, died and Lieutenant Commander Mihail-Relu Ioana, instructor, was wounded.
A double-control IAR 99 Soim aircraft of the Research and Trial Flights in Craiova crashed in Dolj County, at about 10.30, on Thursday, 23 August.