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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-25SM |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | RF-95486/06 |
| MSN: | 10393 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sarakeeb, Idlib province -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Khmeimim Airbase (LTK) |
| Khmeimim Airbase (LTK) |
The fighter plane was shot down by Manpad, a man-portable air-defense system. The pilot ejected but was killed by militants on the ground.
A Syrian special forces operation is reportedly underway in the area where the jet was downed by a MANPAD rocket on Saturday. The goal is to find evidence allowing the weapon to be traced to its origin.
“The group that had the MANPAD has been destroyed by the Russian Air Force. Now the Syrian commandos are working on the ground. If they find elements of that launcher, we could trace its serial number and establish its origin to the factory in a few days, find out how it got there,” the Russian MP said.
Sources:
https://www.rt.com/news/417798-russian-jet-crashes-syria/
http://lostarmour.info/aflosses/item.php?id=17118
https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3078864.html
http://en.abna24.com/news/middle-east/russian-mp-syrian-special-forces-operation-underway-at-crash-site-to-trace-manpad-rocket-origin_880768.html
Media:
Video showing the site of the crash of a Russian jet after being shot down over Saraqib pic.twitter.com/tWGynAn62b
— Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) 3 février 2018
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| 03-Feb-2018 17:18 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 03-Feb-2018 17:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 17:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 17:58 | sinfu2a | Updated [Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 18:23 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 19:03 | sinfu2a | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 19:19 | Hans Gruber | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 21:01 | sinfu2a | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 05-Feb-2018 07:46 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Dec-2018 10:32 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, ] |
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