On 20 January 2014, a Britten-Norman Islander light aircraft belonging to the Superior School of Aviation in Romania (Romanian: Școala Superioară de Aviație Civilă)[1] operating Flight 111 crashed in the Apuseni Mountains at an altitude of approximately 1,400 metres (4,600 ft), near the village of Petreasa, between Alba and Cluj counties.

[5] The rescue team had difficulty finding the crash site, they did not know the precise location and the area was covered in snow and thick fog.

The pilot and the student died and the copilot was in a critical state, three of the doctors had multiple bone fractures and one had no severe wounds.

[1] Using its internal GPS reference, Dr. Zamfir's phone showed coordinates 46°36′08″N 22°59′03″E / 46.6023°N 22.9842°E / 46.6023; 22.9842, at 3.3 miles (5.3 km) North of the actual site of the crash 46°33′16″N 22°58′49″E / 46.554383°N 22.980338°E / 46.554383; 22.980338.

[8] The main controversy in this accident is why all methods used to locate the crash site failed, delaying the search and rescue teams.

[15] The lack of provision of this critical information from the mobile company of the 112 caller to the emergency services was recognised as a major factor in the lethal delay in the rescue.