ONE KILLED IN ACCIDENT WITH MIG 23 AIRPLANE

Politics | September 1, 2001, Saturday // 00:00

One officer was killed and another one injured while doing a technical checkup of a MiG-23, the Defence Ministry announced officially, quoted by BTA agency. The accident occurred in unit No 32010 in Dobroslavtsi, near Sofia, around 11.30 in the morning on Friday. The catapult of the plane was activated as the two officers were servicing the plane, killing one (identified as O.I) and injuring another (I.B). The injured is in hospital out of life danger. An investigation is under way.

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