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Drone flight: Sulina · Reported drone airspace entry, Romania

· Sulina · Reported drone airspace entry

MApN-reported drone entry into Romanian national airspace

Later reporting explicitly confirms entry after the initial nearby-target warning. Track subsequently disappeared from radar.

MApN-reported drone entry into Romanian national airspace. Operator, national origin, intended target and intent not established. Sources relay Ministry of Defence information, not independently verified radar tracks. Entry time and duration, model, operator, target and final outcome unknown. Radar loss is not proof of crash, shoot-down or exit.

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Attribution and uncertainty

Origin / operator / attribution
Operator, national origin, intended target and intent not established.
Investigation / uncertainty
Sources relay Ministry of Defence information, not independently verified radar tracks. Entry time and duration, model, operator, target and final outcome unknown. Radar loss is not proof of crash, shoot-down or exit.

Sources · 3

  1. Radio România Internațional ↗MApN air target near Sulina, updated with entry9 November 2026, 19:15
  2. Radio România Târgu Mureș / RRA ↗Drone entered Romanian airspace near Sulina9 November 2026, 19:34
  3. Știrile ProTV ↗Drone entered Romanian airspace east of Sulina9 November 2026, 20:43; updated 20:52

Full record

FlightAlert / other

Flight and alert; no engagement, crash or attack inferred. Confirmed reported entry qualifies regardless of intended target.

Approximate offshore anchor reflecting the reported east-of-Sulina area, not an exact radar coordinate.

Map positions are approximate anchors for the named place, not verified incident coordinates.

Reported date
9 November 2026; 17:19–18:03 local warning period
Record type
reported_drone_incursion
Date basis
Reports explicitly date occurrence to 9 November. Warning times are not the duration of the incursion.
Location / jurisdiction
Romanian national airspace over the Black Sea east of Sulina; reported closest point approximately 20 km east.
Event categories
National-airspace entry; civil-protection warning; radar track lost
What was reported
Later reporting explicitly confirms entry after the initial nearby-target warning. Track subsequently disappeared from radar.
Aircraft / vessel / quantity
One drone in public-radio and ProTV reports; type/model unspecified.
Origin / operator / attribution
Operator, national origin, intended target and intent not established.
Damage / casualties / disruption
No casualties or damage reported in the reviewed updates.
Response / outcome
Two Romanian F-16s launched from Fetești; RO-Alert issued at 17:19 for eastern Tulcea. Alert ended at 18:03.
Investigation / uncertainty
Sources relay Ministry of Defence information, not independently verified radar tracks. Entry time and duration, model, operator, target and final outcome unknown. Radar loss is not proof of crash, shoot-down or exit.
Route / entry mechanism
Initially detected about 30 km northeast of Sulina in Ukrainian airspace; later entered Romanian airspace to about 20 km east of Sulina, according to MApN-attributed updates.
Explosive payload
Not reported.
Counting / links
One 9 November occurrence combining initial warning and subsequent entry update, distinct from N143/N144 on 8 November. Not an additional occurrence inferred from dashboard changes.
Research provenance
Updated RRI, Radio România Târgu Mureș/RRA and ProTV bodies directly reviewed 10 November. MApN website did not expose an event-specific release.

Record N148 · reviewed 10 November 2026. Record fields keep the register’s original wording.