Technical fault, possible cause of Tuzla air crash


Two weeks after the Tuzla tragedy, a possible technical fault of the airplane crashing with the 14 soldiers onboard is shaping up as a likely cause of the accident. Upon his hospital discharge, the plane pilot told investigators that the plane had refused to gain altitude in spite of him going through all the required steps. Air crash investigators are looking into the possibility of some erroneous action being taken and of one of the engines stalling. Mediafax quotes judicial sources as saying that, during the hearing, pilot Daniel Balsan told them he had actually realized the plane was rising with difficulty. The small altitude did not allow the pilot to do any more maneuvers and the aircraft virtually collapsed with its belly down. The fuel tanks in the wings being full, an explosion was quickly triggered, taking 12 lives. In order to clearly establish what really happened, military prosecutors are now awaiting the findings of the technical investigations.


Six dead and six severely injured in accidents in Buzau and Arad


Three people were killed, and five were severely injured in an accident which occurred, on Monday evening, on DN2 E85, in Buzau County. The accident occurred during heavy rain. A Logan hitched a Dacia, which was going in the same direction, then ended up on the opposing lane, where it crashed against an Opel. In the impact between the three cars, three people in the Logan were killed, among whom a child under two years and a half old. Moreover, the person driving the Logan and four people in the Opel, most likely the husband, wife and two children, were badly injured and were rushed to the hospital. Another dramatic accident took place, yesterday morning, in Arad County, killing three and injuring a fourth person following the frontal collision between a truck and a car. According to witnesses, the man driving the car, a Matiz, engaged in an overtaking on the opposing lane and ended up under the cabin of the truck, where it was crushed by the motor freight.


Man killed as crane collapses at Targoviste


A man was killed when a heavy-duty crane collapsed over him on the premises of a construction company in Targoviste. Police say 43-year-old Aurel Lazar was a worker of SC Remat Iasi, company also running an operating point in Targoviste. He had been working on dismembering the crane that killed him for nearly two weeks. It was actually only the base of the crane that was still standing and that collapsed over him. No other victims were reported in the accident. Dambovita labour health and safety authorities and the prosecutors have classified the case as an occupational accident.


Mino Damato, the founder of “Bambini in emergenza” in Romania, dies


The Italian journalist Mino Damato, the initiator and founder of the “Bambini in emergenza” Foundation in Romania, died last week, aged 72. In the past 20 years, Mino Damato was involved in several projects meant to offer aid and assistance to children in Romania affected by HIV and abandoned. In order to offer a chance to these children, he attended a fundraiser which ensured the building of homes for the young people past 18, as well as offering them a school and a church. In the hope that these young people may become self-sufficient, a farm was also set up for them. Moved by the drama of Romanian children affected by HIV and by the situation of orphan homes in Romania, Mino Damato even adopted a little girl diagnosed with AIDS. He took care of her until her death, in 1996, during which time he also set up the “Bambini in emergenza” project.