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Updated: Watch: Hungarian Authorities Join Investigation Into Case of Crashed Drone in Zagreb

• 16 Mar 2022 10:35 AM
• Hungary Matters

The Hungarian authorities are joining an investigation into the case of a drone that crashed in Zagreb, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday.

The aircraft was likely a Soviet-era TU-141 reconnaissance drone that crashed in the Croatian capital just after midnight on Thursday, local news portal Index.hr said citing unnamed experts.

Szijjártó said on Facebook that he had talked with Croatian counterpart Gordan Grlić-Radman about the case by phone. According to data currently available, the airspace of several NATO member states, including Hungary’s, have been affected in the flight path of the drone, he said.

“During the assessment, we will closely cooperate with the Croatian authorities and other NATO allies,” Szijjártó said.

Opposition Asks PM Orbán About Drone In Hungarian Airspace

Opposition parties asked Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Sunday about how a drone transporting a bomb could spend 40 minutes in Hungarian airspace.

DK, Jobbik, LMP, the Everyone’s Hungary Movement (MMM), Momentum, the Socialists and Párbeszéd said in a joint statement that Orbán must answer without delay and without hesitation whether the Hungarian armed forces are able to defend Hungary in view of the fact that on March 10, a TU-141 type drone stayed in Hungarian airspace undisturbed for 40 minutes and, according to the Croatian defence ministry, carried a bomb.

The parties also asked Orbán whether Hungarian Gripens had been scrambled to intercept the drone and if not, why not.

​​​​​​​In case the Hungarian armed forces intercepted the drone, it is an unacceptable explanation that they did not think it posed any danger, the united opposition said.


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