The two officers who died in the accident with a training plane in “Graf Ignatievo”, are instructors at the 12th Air Base in Dolna Mitropolia. “These are our best pilots in terms of L-39 aircraft,” Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov told journalists today.
It was a routine training flight that had been planned a long time ago. They have been preparing for him for months. This task had been performed many times in the Lower Metropolis, today was to be performed as a dress rehearsal for tomorrow’s event. The air show is canceled tomorrow.
The dead are Major Petko Dimitrov Dimitrov and Senior Lieutenant Ventsislav Atanasov Dunkin.
Major Petko Dimitrov Dimitrov graduated from the Higher Air Force School “G. Benkovski” – the city of Dolna Mitropolia in 1996, specialty “Airmen – navigators”. He has been in the position of “Head of the Flight Planning and Reporting Service” in the “Flight-Tactical Training” department in military formation 52 090-Dolna Mitropolia since December 1, 2021.
Major Dimitrov has been awarded many times by the Minister of Defense and the Commander of the Air Force for the impeccable performance of his official duties.
Major Petko Dimitrov is a family man. A young hope of the Air Force and one of our most experienced pilots were killed in the plane crash at “Graf Ignatievo”
Senior Lieutenant Vencislav Atanasov Dunkin graduated from the Higher Air Force School “G. Benkovski” – Dolna Mitropolia in 2020, specialty “Pilot”. The position “Junior expert III degree in the service “Aviation, emergency rescue and simulator training” of the department “Aviation-tactical training” in military formation 52090-Dolna Mitropolia” is from January 1, 2023.
Senior Lieutenant Vencislav Dunkin was awarded for professional performance of tasks by the commander of the Air Force.
The two pilots performed a training task today with an L-39ZA combat trainer aircraft as part of the preparation for participation in the dynamic (air) display within the Airshow at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base, scheduled for September 14, 2024. The aircraft is prepared for flight, according to The regulation for technical maintenance of the L-39ZA aircraft and is allowed to perform the task in a fully serviceable condition.
An L-39ZA aircraft was repaired under a contract between the Ministry of Defense and AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE as Czech Republic and was accepted after the repair in June 2024.
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