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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on September 18, 2018, 12:24:01 am
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Russian military plane with 14 on board goes off radar in Latakia during Syria strike amid reports it was ‘accidentally shot down’
By Ellie Cambridge
A RUSSIAN patrol plane is believed to have been shot down after going off radar off the Syrian coast.
The Russian Defence Ministry reported losing contact with the Il-20 aircraft carrying 14 people at around 8pm last night.
A report given to Sputnik said: "On September 17, at about 11 p.m. Moscow time [20:00 GMT], the communication with the crew of the Russian Il-20 aircraft was lost when it was over the Mediterranean Sea, some 35 kilometres from the Syrian coast, on its way back to Hmeimim airbase."
Read more at: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7282802/russian-military-plane-with-14-on-board-goes-off-radar-in-latakia-during-syria-strike-amid-reports-it-was-accidentally-shot-down/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7282802/russian-military-plane-with-14-on-board-goes-off-radar-in-latakia-during-syria-strike-amid-reports-it-was-accidentally-shot-down/)
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Guy Elster
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#BREAKING US believes #Syria army shot down the #Russian plane while trying to thwart #Israel attack on #Latakia: CNN
https://twitter.com/guyelster/status/1041830275007832064
That crossed my mind, while Syrian state media says they intercepted incoming Israeli missiles, this may have happened... unconfirmed.