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03-06-2017, 02:50 PM
http://cdmagurus.com/cron.php?rand=1488826231 (https://www.yahoo.com/news/syrian-pilot-whose-plane-crashed-turkey-found-rescue-071835579.html)A Syrian air force pilot who bailed out as his warplane crashed on Turkish territory told a Turkish rescue team his MiG-23 had been shot down, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday. The 56-year-old pilot was identified as Mehmet Sufhan, and medical staff said he was not in critical condition despite some fractures in his spine. In an initial statement to Turkish authorities, Sufhan said his aircraft was shot down on its way to strike rural areas near Idlib in northern Syria, Anadolu reported.



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