BREAKING NEWS: Islamist extremists ‘shoot down Syrian air force plane with home-made anti-aircraft missile
Terror group Ahrar al-Sham claimed to have shot down the warplane
Syrian pilot reportedly eject safety from the fighter jet, landed on Turkish soil
The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) confirmed it had lost contact to a plane
Syria denied the plane had been shot down, saying it had technical difficulties
By HANNAH AL-OTHMAN
DailyMail.com
4 March 2017
Islamic extremists claim to have shot down a Syrian air force plan close to the Turkish border.
Terror group Ahrar al-Sham claimed that one of its anti-aircraft units shot down the warplane with a homemade Manpad system known as ‘Olive one’.
Turkey’s state-run news agency also reported that a plane has crashed near the Syria-Turkey border.
The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) confirmed it had lost contact to a plane, which flying low in Idlib province, but denied it had been shot down.
A source said the warplane had encountered technical difficulties, which had caused it to rapidly drop in altitude.
The Syrian pilot reportedly eject safety from the fighter jet, landing on Turkish soil in the country’s Hatay province.
The pilot is believed to be in custody in Turkey.
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