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Bulgaria: Military Transport Plane Crashes

The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense announced today, Friday, that a military transport plane has crashed, although no casualties have been reported as a result of the incident. The ministry indicated that the combat training aircraft (L-39 ZA) went down while preparing for an air show scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, at the third airbase near Plovdiv. They also stated that measures were taken to extinguish the fires caused by the crash; however, no additional details regarding the incident or any potential victims were provided. It was also noted that the air show has been canceled.




