Found the pilot of Syrian fighter jet that crashed in southern Turkey
MOSCOW, 5 Mar — RIA Novosti. Turkish rescuers found the pilot of the aircraft the Syrian air force, crashed near the Syrian border, according to the newspaper Daily Sabah.
According to the newspaper, the pilot wounded.
According to TV channel Haberturk, the Syrian pilot operated fighter alone. As reported by the TV channel sources, the man was in 500 meters from the site of the crash in “exhausted condition”.
Turkish TV channel NTV reported that the pilot was taken to the gendarmerie, and then hospitalized.
Previously, members of the radical group “Ahrar al-sham”, said that the plane was shot down the MiG-21 in North-West Syria.
According to media reports, the Syrian air force pilot ejected and landed in Turkey.
The Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim confirmed that a Syrian plane crashed in the province of Hatay.