Press Release of the MoD

Published: Wednesday, 06 April 2016 17:06

According to the flight schedule, helicopter EC 145, with board number 637 and with 3 on board crew, Captain Floran Deliaj, Lieutenant Donald Hoxha and Private Second Class Soldier Gerald Baramuça, departed from Farka today at 12:10 as part of a drill according to a schedule approved beforehand.

At 13:45 happened the last contact that the helicopter had with the Control and Report Center in Rinas.

After communication was lost, a Search And Rescue helicopter was dispatched toward the area were contact was lost.

Minister of Defence and Minister of Health are driving along Regional Hospital of Shkodra where is located one of the crew members, PR2 Gerald Baramuça.