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| Date: | Friday 6 September 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis |
| Owner/operator: | 680 Sqn Syrian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mount al-Arba'een, Idlib Province -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) claims to have shot down a MiG 21 warplane from the Syrian Air Force on 6 September 2013 over Idlib Province.
Footage shows burning plane in the sky. However the trail rather suggests a "dump and burn" emergency procedure, when the jet dumps its fuel burning it with the hot exhaust to lose excessive payload to safely land.
Sources:
https://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/tag/warplanes-destroyed/
http://www.skywar.ru/syria2013.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2013 18:02 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Sep-2013 06:26 | krasatpi | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 08-Apr-2016 16:17 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Dec-2016 09:05 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ] |
| 28-Jan-2019 17:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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