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Commodore Ion Staiculescu, commander of the 90th Operational Group of the 90th Air Transport Otopeni Base, on mission in Cherbourg, France, has died, on Saturday, in the hotel room he was booked in, according to a release of the National Defence Ministry (MApN).
According to it, Commodore Ion Staiculescu was a pilot, first class, with a combined flight experience of 7,500 flight hours, of which approximately 3,500 on C 27J Spartan aircraft, an aicraft he flew as commanding pilot instructor. The officer, aged 55, was with the Ministry of National Defence since 1986. He was married and had one child.
MApN representatives have started the demarches to allow the return of the body to Romania.
