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Possible Suicide Crash in ultralight in Baru Rumania

What: Mircea Chira’s Flight Design CTSW
Where: Baru Romania
When: June 13 2011
Who: pilot
Why: The ultralight took off from Deva airport, and crashed 60 kilometers away in rough topography between Pui and Baru Mare. The plane was loaned by the owner, Mircea Chira, to a businessman with more than 200 flight hours.

The wreckage was found in a a rocky and forested area in Hunedoara county.

The 47-year-old German pilot who lived in the Romanian town of Orastie apparently sent a farewell letter which some have interpreted as a suicide note.

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