But the pilots failed to shoot down the object.
F-16 in Romania
Romania's Defense Ministry due to the fact that the country's airspace is up to 14 kilometers deep.
According to Reuters, this is probably a drone that flew into the state neighboring Ukraine from the Black Sea. In Constanta County, residents were informed of the danger.
The incident occurred at about six in the evening local time. Two F-16 fighters and two Spanish F-18s, which are patrolling the skies over Romania until the end of the year as part of joint NATO programs, were scrambled to intercept the drone.
The pilots were unable to visually identify the drone. The Romanian Defense Ministry intends to examine the site of its possible crash on the morning of Friday, October 18.