Two Bulgarian Pilots Die in Training Flight Crash Near Graf Ignatievo Air Base

Two Bulgarian pilots from the "Graf Ignatievo" Air Base lost their lives in a crash involving a training-combat aircraft. The crew, from the Dolna Mitropolia base, were identified as Major Petko Dimitrov Dimitrov, born in 1973, and Senior Lieutenant Ventsislav Atanasov Dunkin, born in 1996.

Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov and Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev confirmed the tragic incident, explaining that the crash occurred during a training flight at 12:13 p....