Press Release
- Published: Sunday, 10 April 2016 12:42
General Staff of Albanian Armed Forces informs the public opinion regarding the current progress of the work being done in resolving the tragic accident of the helicopter EC 145. Experts of the Eurocopter Company as well as American military experts specialized in this type of helicopter, convened by the Ministry of Defence in order to give their assistance in solving this incident, have assisted the investigative group headed by the Prosecution in order to draw the recording camera.
Martyrs’ State Commission declared "Martyr of the Nation" the two pilots of the Albanian Armed Forces, Captain Floran Delia and Lieutenant Donald Hoxha, who passed away, on April 6, 2016, as a result of the crash of the helicopter EC 145, with which they were having a training flight in Grizhë of Malësia e Madhe.
Today’s statement is not a common one; this is a statement that no one would like to make it. Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces announce that during a drill according to a schedule approved beforehand, the helicopter of Air Force made an accident in the region of Grizhë in Malesia e Madhe.
