ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176145
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Date: | Saturday 16 May 2015 |
Time: | |
Type: | Mohajer-4 |
Owner/operator: | Syrian Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Darkush, Idlib -
Syria
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Iranian-made Mohajer-4 UAV was shot down with two missiles by a F-16 fighter plane of the Turkish Air Force, after it violated Turkish airspace for 11 km.
The aircraft crashed within Syrian territory.
Initially, Turkey insisted it was an helicopter, but the Minister of National Defense of Turkey, Ismet Yilmaz confirmed it was a Mohajer-4 drone on 18 May.
Sources:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?PageID=238&NID=82509 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/16/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKBN0O10II20150516?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://twitter.com/TheRealBTL/status/599585163358511104/photo/1]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/turkey-says-shot-down-syrian-helicopter-165317481.html https://en.haberler.com/turkish-air-force-shoots-down-not-helicopter-but-727763/ https://en.trend.az/world/turkey/2395859.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-May-2015 14:48 |
gerard57 |
Added |
16-May-2015 15:02 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
16-May-2015 17:38 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
16-May-2015 19:19 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
19-May-2015 08:15 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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