Safety · Olimp, Costinești, and Saturn
Drone fragment washes ashore at Olimp as Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea coast logs series of discoveries
A drone fragment washed ashore at Olimp on Romania's Black Sea coast on 15 August, the latest in a string of similar discoveries from Costinești to Saturn and across the border in Bulgaria over three consecutive days.
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In brief
On Saturday, 15 August around 15:30, a lifeguard at Olimp spotted a drone fragment floating roughly 30 meters offshore and watched waves push it to the beach.
The lifeguard secured the perimeter and covered the fragment with his lifejacket; police, gendarmes, firefighters and border police arrived. No evacuation was ordered after visual examination found no explosive charge.
Fragments were found at Costinești on 13 and 14 August, and at Saturn on 14 August. The Saturn beach section was evacuated; all fragments were confirmed free of pyrotechnic elements.
A drone found on 14 August near Plauru, Tulcea county, was destroyed by controlled detonation on 15 August by a specialized MApN team.
Bulgarian authorities recovered a Russian reconnaissance drone near Primorsko, south of Burgas, on 14 August, and found remains of another drone in their waters.
- 14 AugBulgarian Navy recovers Russian reconnaissance drone near Primorsko, south of Burgas
- 15 AugPlauru drone neutralized by controlled detonation by MApN team
- 15 AugDrone fragment spotted ~30m offshore at Olimp; lifeguard secures it; no evacuation
Fragment at Olimp
On Saturday, 15 August, around 15:30, a lifeguard at the beach in Olimp spotted a drone fragment floating approximately 30 meters offshore. He watched the waves push it gradually toward the beach, then secured the area and covered the object with his own lifejacket to keep the few tourists present from approaching. Police, gendarmes, firefighters and border police all arrived at the scene. After a visual examination found no indication of an explosive charge, authorities decided against evacuating the beach. The fragment was taken by gendarmes for further analysis.
The lifeguard described how he handled the object.
“Am lăsat-o după să eșueze, până mi-a luat-o valul până la mal.”
“Am asigurat perimetrul. Am învelit-o cu geaca de salvamar.”
Incidents across the Romanian coast
The Olimp discovery followed several similar incidents over the preceding two days. On Thursday, 13 August, around 08:30, the Ministry of National Defence was informed of a drone fragment at the Tineretului Terrace area in Costinești, about 15 meters from the breakwater. At around 10:40 the Coast Guard requested support from the Romanian Naval Forces, which dispatched an EOD diver team. The team determined the fragment posed no pyrotechnic risk and handed it to the Coast Guard.
On Friday, 14 August, another fragment was found at Costinești, near the location where the drone had been identified the day before. Authorities did not rule out that this piece had detached from the Thursday drone. It carried no explosive charge. Also on Friday, a fragment washed ashore at Saturn; specialists confirmed it had no pyrotechnic elements, though a section of the beach was evacuated as a precaution.
Plauru drone detonated
In Tulcea county, a drone was discovered on Friday, 14 August, near the locality of Plauru. On Saturday, 15 August, a specialized team from the Ministry of National Defence neutralized it through controlled detonation in safe conditions. The ministry published a short video of the detonation.
Bulgarian authorities report Russian drone
Bulgarian authorities also detected a drone in their Black Sea waters on Friday. According to a statement from Bulgaria's Ministry of Defence, the drone was found near a beach in Primorsko, a few kilometers south of Burgas and 430 kilometers east of Sofia. A Navy team recovered it and transported it to the Burgas naval base, where specialists concluded it was a reconnaissance aircraft. Remains of another drone were also found in Bulgarian waters.
Unanswered questions
No official information has been released regarding the model of the drones, their country of origin, or the circumstances in which they ended up in the Black Sea. Romanian authorities have yet to determine the exact nature and provenance of the Olimp fragment, which is now undergoing analysis.
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Sources and context
- Mediafax.roFragment de dronă, adus de valuri pe o plajă din Olimp. Salvamarul care l-a găsit a alertat autoritățile
- HotNews.roResturi de dronă au ajuns și pe plaja din Olimp. "Am învelit-o cu geaca de salvamar" - HotNews.ro
- adevarul.roResturi ale unei drone, aduse de valuri la malul mării, în Olimp. Un turist și salvamarii au observat obiectul în larg
- Ziare.comUn nou fragment de dronă, observat pe litoralul românesc. Obiectul a fost adus de valuri la țărm, în Olimp
- Places
- Olimp, Costinești, Burgas
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