A military drone fell in the area of the Filipoiu farm in Insula Mare a Brailei - the first images

The impact area was immediately secured
Agro Intel | 29  Mar 2024

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A military drone fell in the area of the Filipoiu farm in Insula Mare a Brailei - the first images

Oana Timar

A military drone fell in the Big Island of Brăilei, in the area of the Filipoiu Farm within the Al-Dahra Agricost holding. The incident is considered by specialists to be the most serious for us, since the beginning of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine.

The alert that a drone of military provenance fell between the municipality of Brăila and the commune of Frecăței came yesterday evening, Thursday – March 28, at around 9:45 pm, and the law enforcement agencies of Brăila county were immediately mobilized, according to local mediate. The place where the drone fell is in the Big Island of Brăila, 8 kilometers from the city of Brăila and 23 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. The origin of the drone is still unknown.

The moment of impact, filmed by a local

The crash caused by the fall of the drone was reported by a worker on the ferry connecting the municipality of Brăila and the Big Island of Brăila. "I heard the bang, but I don't know where it fell," said an eyewitness, a worker on the ferry crossing to the Big Island. In fact, the moment of the impact was even captured on video by another local resident.

The crater formed by the military drone that fell in the Great Island of Brăila (photo: debraila.ro)
According to the local publication Objektiv de Brăila , Army and Gendarmerie crews are looking for fragments of a fallen drone, on the night of Thursday to Friday, in the Greater Island of Brăila, in the area of the Filipoiu farm. At the site of the impact, located between the Filipoiu and Stăvilaru farms, a crater of considerable size, about 4 meters in diameter, was found.
The area where the aircraft fell was isolated and guarded by the Police and the Gendarmerie, waiting for the special teams of the Ministry of National Defense. The Brăila Emergency Situations Inspectorate sends a SMURD crew in case medical assistance is needed.

Until this moment there is no information about the existence of human victims, the drone crashing on an agricultural land where no agricultural work was carried out last night.

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