Drone crashes in Romania’s Tulcea County

14 August 2026 A drone crashed on Friday, August 14, in the area of Luncaviţa, a locality in eastern Romania’s Tulcea County, about five kilometers from the border with Ukraine, the Defense Ministry (MApN) announced. The drone crashed in a wooded area and caused no casualties, according to preliminary information provided by MApN. The drone was not detected by MApN’s radar surveillance systems as it was flying at a very low altitude, the ministry said. The crash resulted in an explosion followed by a fire, which has been extinguished, the Emergency Situations Inspectorate of Tulcea announced. A MApN team, using an IAR 330 PUMA SOCAT helicopter, will investigate the area. A day earlier, drone remains were discovered in the sea, close to Romania’s Costinești beach, on the Black Sea shore. Fi