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Title: Russian rescue helicopter 'shot down by Syrian rebels' while searching for pilots of plane downed by Turkey
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UK Mirror
URL Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world- ... e-helicopter-shot-down-6891003
Published: Nov 24, 2015
Author: Anthony Bony
Post Date: 2015-11-24 11:33:04 by cranky
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Views: 1283
Comments: 6
The Russian leader also warned it would have serious consequences for his country’s relations with Turkey A Russian rescue helicopter has been shot down by Syrian rebels while searching for pilots missing after Turkey downed a Russian jet. The helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in a government-held area in Syria's Latakia province. A Syrian insurgent group, which uses U.S. Tow missiles, said its fighters hit the helicopter with an anti-tank missile. Video footage has emerged online appearing to show the helicopter after it crashed in dense woodland. Plumes of smoke can be seen coming from the aircraft. Vladmir Putin earlier warned Turkey of "significant consequences" after the Russian plane was shot down. Video footage was posted online which appeared to show a dead Russian pilot after a jet was shot down by Turkey The Russian President also said the action by Turkey was a "stab in the back" and said it would have serious consequences for his country’s relations with Turkey. Turkey claimed it shot down the fighter jet because it violated its airspace. However, Putin said the jet was shot down in Syria, 4km from the Turkish border. He told a media conference: "This event is beyond the normal framework of fighting against terrorism. "Of course our military is doing heroic work against terrorism... But the loss today is a stab in the back, carried out by the accomplices of terrorists. "....Our aircraft was downed over the territory of Syria, using air-to-air missile from a Turkish F-16." A gruesome video appears to show Syrian rebels with a dead pilot from the jet. A Syrian rebel group has distributed footage which they say shows the pilot. Two pilots ejected but footage online now appears to show that one of the pilots has died. Sources now claim that the second pilot is also dead. In the gruesome footage, a voice is heard saying "A Russian pilot. A voice then adds: "God is great" . It is not known what has happened to a second pilot who was in the plane. Turkish military officials say a warplane shot down the jet because it violated its airspace. The plane exploded in the air causing a huge fireball which fell on the Turkmen mountain on the Syrian side of the border. Video footage captured in the area shows the jet covered in flames plummeting to the ground. Russia has since confirmed one of its jets was shot down. Officials in Moscow also say they can prove it was flying in Syrian airspace. The Russian Su-24 fighter plane was believed to be flying at 6,000 metres. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement: "We are looking into the circumstances of the crash of the Russian jet. "The Ministry of Defence would like to stress that the plane was over the Syrian territory throughout the flight." A Turkish military statement said the plane entered Turkish airspace over the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province. #BREAKING Flight radar track on downed warplane issued by Turkish military pic.twitter.com/xREQbclVwK— CNN Türk ENG (@CNNTURK_ENG) November 24, 2015 "On November 24 2015 at around 9.20am, a plane whose nationality is not known violated the Turkish airspace despite several warnings (10 times within five minutes) in the area of Yayladagi, Hatary," the military said before the plane's nationality was confirmed. "Two F-16 planes on aerial patrol duty in the area intervened against the plane in question in accordance with the rules of engagement at 9.24am." The decision to shoot down the jet was taken directly by the Turkish Prime Minister. Russian fighter planes have been flying in the area as part of the Russian bombing campaign in Syria. Turkish officials say the plane was warned 10 times in five minutes before it was eventually shot down. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said the warplane crashed in a mountainous area in the northern countryside of Latakia province. 
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
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obviously an intentional act of provocation. It is certainly telling the Russians to stay out of Turkish territory. Now what happens the next time a Russian ship transits the bosphorus?
This accelerates. Plays into the hands of the Greeks too. When Turkey acts really stupid and provokes Russia, Greece's hand in the EU is strengthened.
I don't think we need to be concerned much about Greece, it has it's own problems but it could use a little help keeping refugees out. Turkey aspires to be part of the EU, could you see the refugee situation then? we can hope this situation doesn't escalate into all out conflict along the border
#5. To: paraclete (#4)
Oh, but we DO need to be concerned about Greece, because the Greeks are smarting from their harsh treatment at the hands of the EU, and the Greeks refused the American request to deny the Russians overflight. Battered into poverty by the EU, the Greeks could re-align with their Orthodox brethren who, by the way, are actually attacking ISIS. Destroying ISIS is the only way to stop the refugee flow.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestThe decision to shoot down the jet was taken directly by the Turkish Prime Minister.
#2. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
The decision to shoot down the jet was taken directly by the Turkish Prime Minister.
#3. To: paraclete (#2)
obviously an intentional act of provocation. It is certainly telling the Russians to stay out of Turkish territory. Now what happens the next time a Russian ship transits the bosphorus?
#4. To: Vicomte13 (#3)
Greece's hand in the EU is strengthened.
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