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Early Friday, the plane crashed into Syrian waters. A missile reportedly destroyed it. Hurriyet said Turkish helicopters rescued two crew members.
Other reports suggest they were taken captive.
"Unconfirmed reports (said) Syrian defense forces had been shooting at two foreign planes."Local correspondent Ihab Sultan told Russia Today (RT.com):
"Witnesses spotted two jets flying in from Turkish territory. One of the planes went down in Syria's territorial waters, while the other one made off."
Mossad-connected DEBKAfile provocatively said "Syrian anti air defenses shot the plane down in an ambush calculated to retaliate for the defection of the Syrian Air Force pilot Col. Hassan Maray al-Hamadeh to Jordan a day earlier with his MiG-21 warplane.""Officials in Damascus are certain his defection was organized by US and Turkish intelligence."
At 16:00 local time, two Turkish military aircraft entered Syrian airspace over Latakia. They were "lying low in threatening formation." One was struck and destroyed. The other escaped.
Dam Press and other Syrian news agencies "speculated that the intruders were either Turkish or Israeli."
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