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https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/61062-zagreb-aircraft-crash
Zagreb Aircraft Crash: Arrived Via Hungary, Ukraine Says It Isn't Theirs
By Lauren Simmonds 11 March 2022
March the 11th, 2022 - The Zagreb aircraft crash which caused an explosion in the capital at around 23:00 last night has been attacting the headlines and even more rumours. You can click here and here to read what we know so far, as well as here for an official government response to the event.
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Croatian air traffic control did not track the strange flying object upon entry into Croatian airspace because it didn't have a transponder.
Defense Minister Mario Banozic claims that the aircraft was in fact tracked.
PM Andrej Plenkovic has informed the appropriate European Union institutions of the bizarre Zagreb aircraft crash, he also spoke with Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.
Military pilot Ivan Selak has said it's ''a shame'' that NATO failed to pick up on the drone, and that it had been in Croatian airspace for eight minutes.
Concerns were growing that the drone was intended for the Ukrainian town of Yarun, but wasn't programmed properly.
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/61058-zagreb-explosion
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It is important to note that the police have NOT yet confirmed this, but if these speculations are confirmed, one of the bigger mysteries will be the answer to the question of how the Tu-141 managed to fly from Ukraine, through Hungary all the way to Zagreb, and how no NATO, Hungarian or Croatian radars managed to even detect it on that utterly strange trip here.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced back in 2016 that the Ukrainian Air Force was rebuilding 68 different types of military aircraft from the Soviet era, including the Tu-141 drone.
What is the Tu-141?
The Tu-141 isn't like modern Predator or Reaper drones, which can fly for a long time while scanning using high-tech sensors. This robotic spacecraft was also not originally intended for combat activities, ie for destruction and killing.
The Tu-141 is designed to perform reconnaissance missions several hundred kilometres behind the front lines at supersonic speeds. It can carry a range of payloads, including film cameras, infrared recording devices, EO recorders and recording radars....
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/...al-bomb-found-in-drone-that-crashed-in-zagreb
Remnants of Aerial Bomb Found in Drone That Crashed in Zagreb
By HINA 13 March 2022
ZAGREB, 13 March 2022 - Remnants of an aerial bomb have been found in the Soviet-era drone that crashed down in southwest Zagreb late on Thursday, Defence Minister Mario Banožić said on Sunday.
"Traces of an explosive device have been found, indicating that this was not a reconnaissance drone. We have found parts of an aerial bomb," Banožić told reporters at the crash site after the bulk of the drone had been dug out of the ground.
He said that it was a Soviet-made unmanned aerial vehicle, but that it was still unclear whether it had come from the Russian or Ukrainian side...
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/61062-zagreb-aircraft-crash
Zagreb Aircraft Crash: Arrived Via Hungary, Ukraine Says It Isn't Theirs
By Lauren Simmonds 11 March 2022
March the 11th, 2022 - The Zagreb aircraft crash which caused an explosion in the capital at around 23:00 last night has been attacting the headlines and even more rumours. You can click here and here to read what we know so far, as well as here for an official government response to the event.
...
Croatian air traffic control did not track the strange flying object upon entry into Croatian airspace because it didn't have a transponder.
Defense Minister Mario Banozic claims that the aircraft was in fact tracked.
PM Andrej Plenkovic has informed the appropriate European Union institutions of the bizarre Zagreb aircraft crash, he also spoke with Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.
Military pilot Ivan Selak has said it's ''a shame'' that NATO failed to pick up on the drone, and that it had been in Croatian airspace for eight minutes.
Concerns were growing that the drone was intended for the Ukrainian town of Yarun, but wasn't programmed properly.
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/61058-zagreb-explosion
...
It is important to note that the police have NOT yet confirmed this, but if these speculations are confirmed, one of the bigger mysteries will be the answer to the question of how the Tu-141 managed to fly from Ukraine, through Hungary all the way to Zagreb, and how no NATO, Hungarian or Croatian radars managed to even detect it on that utterly strange trip here.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced back in 2016 that the Ukrainian Air Force was rebuilding 68 different types of military aircraft from the Soviet era, including the Tu-141 drone.
What is the Tu-141?
The Tu-141 isn't like modern Predator or Reaper drones, which can fly for a long time while scanning using high-tech sensors. This robotic spacecraft was also not originally intended for combat activities, ie for destruction and killing.
The Tu-141 is designed to perform reconnaissance missions several hundred kilometres behind the front lines at supersonic speeds. It can carry a range of payloads, including film cameras, infrared recording devices, EO recorders and recording radars....
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/...al-bomb-found-in-drone-that-crashed-in-zagreb
Remnants of Aerial Bomb Found in Drone That Crashed in Zagreb
By HINA 13 March 2022
ZAGREB, 13 March 2022 - Remnants of an aerial bomb have been found in the Soviet-era drone that crashed down in southwest Zagreb late on Thursday, Defence Minister Mario Banožić said on Sunday.
"Traces of an explosive device have been found, indicating that this was not a reconnaissance drone. We have found parts of an aerial bomb," Banožić told reporters at the crash site after the bulk of the drone had been dug out of the ground.
He said that it was a Soviet-made unmanned aerial vehicle, but that it was still unclear whether it had come from the Russian or Ukrainian side...
