The survivors , an airman and two sailors , have been recovered and taken to a hospital , a ministry spokesman said . NEW : Air force Col. Nicolae Jianu among the dead . The attack came as a surprise to many in Romania, who had been expecting an assault on the capital of Bucharest or at least some sort of military action against the country's ethnic Albanian minority. The plane was being used for parachute training for the Romanian military . Romanian defense minister appoints commission to investigate crash .
NEW : Air force Col. Nicolae Jianu among the dead . The attack came as a surprise to many in Romania, who had been expecting an assault on the capital of Bucharest or at least some sort of military action against the country's ethnic Albanian minority. The plane was being used for parachute training for the Romanian military . Romanian defense minister appoints commission to investigate crash .