New video shows the crash that killed Romanian pilot Mihai Vîrdol in Otopeni

adevarul.ro (Romanian)

Romanian military pilot Mihai Vîrdol died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash in Otopeni. New surveillance footage of the accident has emerged online. Vîrdol was a pilot at the 90th Airlift Base in Otopeni. The footage shows his motorcycle colliding with a car entering the intersection. He was hospitalized in critical condition and placed in an induced coma but could not be saved. He had turned 36 on July 5. The Air Forces and the Ministry of National Defense paid tribute, saying "Romania's sky is poorer."


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