Military Plane Crashes in Bulgaria's Varna, Airport Remains Open

Society | July 8, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00

A military transport plane of the Bulgarian Air Force suffered an accident around noon on Tuesday while landing at the civil airport of Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna.

As the Spartan C 27 J plane was landing, a strong gust of find from the left caused it to bend to the right. As a result its right propeller hit the ground, and broke.

None of the crew members was killed or injured during the accident. The case is under investigation.

The plane was flying from the city of Plovdiv to Varna. The accident did not interfere with the work of the Varna Airport, which remains open.

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