Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Russian Jet Hit 'Inside Syria' When Shot


By Sky News, Nov 25, 2015 

One of the pilots of the Russian jet that was shot down by Turkey was rescued and is back at his base, Russia's defence minister has said.

Sergei Shoigu said the flight engineer was extracted after a 12 hour mission by special forces on the ground in Syria.

He said: "The operation was successful. The engineer was delivered to our airbase, he is alive and well. I wanted to thank all our boys, who were working all night with great risk. At 03.40 am they completed their work."

British-based Syria watchdog Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said it believes the Russian information to be true and that the airman is back at Russia's Hemeimeem air base, near the city of Latakia.

The Russian ambassador to France claimed the other airman - presumed to be the pilot - was wounded as he parachuted down and killed on the ground by "jihadists in the area".

According to a US official, the jet was hit inside Syrian airspace after briefly entering Turkish airspace.
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