A Turkish military aircraft has crashed in Syria, according to media reports. A local witness has told RT Arabic that the plane crashed on Syrian territory and the two pilots were captured. The plane appears to have been shot down, the witness said. The craft went down as Syrian air defense opened fire, says Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV. Other unconfirmed reports suggest that Syria has shot at two Turkish fighter jets that entered Syrian airspace.

“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 despite being damaged,” Ihab Sultan, a local journalist in Syria, tells RT. Official sources only confirm a plane crashed over the Mediterranean Sea off the south eastern province of Hatay, which borders Syria. The Turkish daily Hurriyet also reports Turkish helicopters have rescued two pilots from the waters.

A search and rescue operation has been launched after the Turkish military lost radar and radio contact at 11.58 a.m. local time. The jets took off from Erhac Airport in the eastern province of Malatya to take part in ongoing war-games. A similar incident happened on Thursday when a Syrian pilot and his fighter jet defected to Jordan. The plane made an emergency landing just across the border, and the pilot appealed for political asylum.

http://www.rt.com/news/turkey-contact-aircraft-sea-498/

shymmex: ^^^^Their air defense system is crazy!! America will think twice about intervention now. I don't think the UK will go near Syria with those Typhoons, and Eurofighters -else they will lose most of them.

TechRev: @shymmex UK get liver?? Though they got politics. Still wondering how they got that Russian ship load of arms meant for Assad to turn back. I dont support Assad FYI.