Turkish Military Jet Crashes over Syria
Turkey said on Friday it had lost contact with one of its military aircraft while it was over the sea off the southeastern coast, as media reports informed that it had crashed in Syrian territorial waters.
CNN Turk television said Turkey was in contact with the Syrian authorities to get permission to conduct a search for the airmen, although there was no immediate official confirmation.
In a statement, Turkey's military said a search and rescue operation was underway. It lost radar and radio contact with the plane after it took off from Erhac Airport in the eastern province of Malatya.
Two crew were aboard the F-4 at the time of the crash, the Turkish state news agency Anatolia said on its website, citing Malatya governor Ulvi Saran.
The Hurriyet daily newspaper reported that the plane had gone down in international waters and that the two airmen had been found alive and well.
The Chief of General Staff declined to comment further on the incident beyond the written statement.
Al-Mayadeen television station, which is based in Lebanon, quoted the Turkish sources as saying a jet had been shot down by Syrian air defenses near the border with Turkey.
Source: News agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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