TUZLA, Romania, July 5 (UPI) -- A Romanian military plane on a training mission crashed near Tuzla Monday afternoon, killing 11 people, officials said.
Claudius Palaz, the prefect of Constanta, told the Romanian news agency Mediafax three other people were seriously injured and were flown by helicopter to a Bucharest hospital.
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The plane was identified as an Antonov AN-2 that belonged to the air force's cadet school. Military officials had started investigating the cause of the crash, which occurred about 2 miles from the Tuzla airport during flight training for parachute missions.
