BUCHAREST, June 8. /TASS/. A Beechcraft twin-engine aircraft with two people onboard crossed the airspace of Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria on Wednesday night, the Romanian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"The plane that crossed Romania’s airspace along a route including Oradea, Caransebes, and Drobeta-Turnu Severin showed no signs of hostile or dangerous behavior," the statement reads. "The pilot did not respond to radio requests and visual signals from the warplanes that were escorting the aircraft in accordance with international rules," the Romanian Defense Ministry added.
According to the current information, the plane took off from the area of the Hungarian city of Debrecen at about 5:30 pm, having no approved flight plan and with transponders turned off. Two Hungarian warplanes escorted the aircraft in Hungary’s airspace. It took the plane roughly two minutes to cross Serbia’s airspace at about 7:00 pm and then it entered Bulgaria’s airspace. "The Bulgarian authorities are working on the ground, exploring the plane’s last known position in order to identify it and figure out the details," the Romanian Defense Ministry noted.