While authorities in Ankara have insisted that it shot down the Russian Su-24 bomber after the aircraft entered Turkish airspace, the Russian Defense Ministry has released video proving that the plane never left Syrian airspace.
According to a leaked letter written to the UN Security Council by the Turkish Ambassador, Turkey’s military justified the shooting down of a Russian bomber by claiming that the aircraft had entered Turkish airspace for 17 seconds.
But flight data released by Russian Ministry of Defense shows that the Su-24s never entered Turkey, and were attacked while performing legitimate maneuvers over Syria.
On Tuesday, Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian Su-24M Fencer bomber. One of the pilots has been confirmed dead by Russian authorities, shot by rebel ground units after ejecting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incident as a “stab in the back, carried out against us by accomplices of terrorists.”
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Given the fact that a SU-24, like many fighter bombers, has great speed and a high operational ceiling. Trying to say , with absolute authority, that the plane was .6 miles inside Syrian territory , is bullshit. Conversely, I feel Turkey needs to demonstrate how far inside Turkish territory the SU-24 was. While modern aircraft are equipped with sophisticated equipment,, measuring down to six tenths of a mile, I think is not reasonable.
Wouldn’t it be in Syria’s best interests to simply loan Russia one of their air bases?