A Soviet-era reconnaissance drone that crashed on March 10th in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, without killing or destroying it, was carrying an air bomb that exploded after the plane crashed to the ground, a group of experts was quoted as saying by Reuters. .
Investigators declined to reveal the target of the drone or who sent it, but Hungary said Tupolev’s Tu-141 drone was detected by radar in Hungarian airspace after being detected over Ukraine and entered Hungary via Romanian airspace. space. The drone is very old and the purpose of its flight is set manually before launch, writes news.bg.
The drone, flying at an altitude of 1,000 meters, passed through Hungary on March 10th and crashed seven minutes after entering Croatian airspace, the Croatian government said. Both Hungary and Croatia are members of NATO.
A detailed analysis of its metal fragments showed that the drone carrying the OFAB 100-120 aerial bomb hit the ground due to damage to the parachute, but no traces of military explosives such as trinitrotoluene (TNT) were found on it, said Ivana Bacic, an expert. on explosives, at a briefing in Zagreb.
The bomb was loaded with unconventional organic dust, which the blast destroyed to gases, so it was impossible to identify, Bacic said.
Investigators said 96 vehicles were damaged by the blast near Lake Jarun in Zagreb, with damage estimated at 600,000 kuna ($ 86,090). However, the drone fell near a student dormitory, but in the late hours (around 23:00 local time) and fortunately there were no people in this place.
Experts declined to say who may have sent the drone and why, saying this part of the investigation is being conducted by Croatia’s defense ministry.
Recall that only four days later in Romania, a drone fell from Ukraine, but it was significantly smaller and unarmed, in addition, it fell into agricultural land and did not cause any damage and no one was injured.
–
