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The low altitude, between 200 and 400 meters, as well as the risky maneuvering with the MiG-21 plane, were fatal for the pilots of Major Dejan Krsnik (49) and First Class Captain Zvonko Vasiljevic (43), whose plane crashed in the village of Brasina near Mali Zvornik. The brave pilots dropped the fuel tank during the crash and made a desperate maneuver with the plane just to avoid crashing into houses, sources say. In doing so, they practically gave their lives to save people on earth.
According to sources, these are preliminary results of the tragic accident in which experienced Serbian army pilots were killed.
– During the investigation a device was found to record the flight parameters of the MiG 21, which is a device similar to the “black box” in civil aircraft, except that it does not record communication with the pilots. The device suffered no major damage, so experts will be able to determine the exact speed and altitude of the plane just before the crash, but the first results show that the plane was flying between 200 and 400 meters above sea level at a critical moment, said a source in Kurir.
On the fateful morning, around nine o’clock, the MiG-21 took off from the Batajnica military airport and headed towards Donja Borina, the hometown of Captain Vasiljevic, which is located right next to Brasina.
– Vasiljevic wanted to greet his family and neighbors by flying over his hometown. Twice he and Krasnik flew over Donja Borina, and then they did a maneuver in which they lost their buoyancy, meaning they could no longer climb high. It is important to note that these combat maneuvers are extremely dangerous at low altitude. When they saw that demolition was inevitable, the pilots discarded the fuel tanks so as not to start a fire that would burn the village during the fall. At the same time, they tipped the plane so that it could fly over the neighboring town of Brasina and crash into a field. It can be said that the pilots died to save people on the ground – said the source.
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