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Turkish army says it lost contact with plane

ISTANBUL | Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:09am EDT

(Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday it had lost contact with a military aircraft while it was over the sea off the southeastern province of Hatay, which borders Syria.

CNN Turk television said the aircraft had crashed in Syria. There was no immediate official confirmation of that report.

In a statement, Turkey's military said a search and rescue operation was underway after it lost radar and radio contact with the plane after it took off from Erhac Airport in the eastern province of Malatya.

(Writing by Seda Sezer; Editing by Jon Boyle)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/ ... OX20120622

The Turks making up stories so they can attack Syria?

[B25]

They should ask VP to write it, she can write BS all the time, twist, spin, shake and regurgitate like no one else.

[kimon07]

They should better ask the Russians who man the Syrian anti aircraft weapons

[Maximus]

Turkey is in this balls deep, looking to provoke and stir up strife.

First it was the Mavi Mamara with Israel and now this.

Syrian authorities have apologized for taking down a military plane that had lost contact with the Turkish Armed Forces earlier today, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said.
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syria- ... sCatID=341

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18554246

[GreekIslandGirl]

Thanks Syria.

One less f*ck*ng Turkish warplane!

[Cap]

They still flying f-4's?
Those Phantoms must be partially fossilized by now. No wonder.

[kimon07]

Told you so!!

It has been confirmed that the turkish plane (F-4E 2020 or RF-4E) was shot down by syrian S-300PMU2 A/A missiles.

http://www.defencenet.gr/defence/index. ... temid=139#


P.S. These systems are maned by Russians according to previous information from the same site.

[Maximus]

Turkey is an overt trouble maker, what is she going to do about it?

Turkish PM to hold extraordinary security meeting in Ankara
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkis ... sCatID=338

[kimon07]

Syria apologizes for taking down Turkish warplane:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syria- ... sCatID=341

ISTANBUL

Syrian authorities have apologized for taking down a military plane that had lost contact with the Turkish Armed Forces earlier today, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said.

The plane was taken down by Syrian forces, an official Turkish source confirmed to Hürriyet Daily News.

The pilots of a crashed Turkish military plane have been rescued by forces, daily Hürriyet reported.
The pilots, who are in good health, were located in the Mediterranean Sea.

A missing warplane that lost contact with Turkish Armed Forces earlier today crashed in Syrian territorial waters, Doğan news agency has reported.

Search and rescue teams are waiting for Syrian authorities to issue necessary permits to locate the plane. Mediterranean naval units are now approaching the area.

All connection has been lost between the Turkish Armed Forces and a Turkish military plane in the southern province of Hatay, according to an official statement from the forces.

The plane left the eastern province of Malatya at around 10 a.m., while the connection was lost at around noon, the statement said.

Search attempts are continuing in an effort to locate the missing plane.

Eyewitnesses in the northern Syrian town of Latakia told BBC Arabic that Syrian air defences shot down an unidentified aircraft near the town of Ras al-Baseet.