Rockets were launched into the Russian passenger plane

Unknown people launched two missiles in a Russian passenger plane in the sky above Syria, Interfax reports with reference to an informed source in Moscow.

“The Syrian side reported to us that on Monday morning, unknown people were released by two“ earth-to-air ”class missiles, which exploded in the sky in the immediate vicinity of a civilian aircraft belonging to the Russian airline,” the source said.

According to him, the crew managed to take the car in time and save the passengers' lives.

“Presumably the fire was focused on the aircraft, but whether the shooting had information that it was Russian, or not, is unknown,” the source noted.

The airliner followed from Egypt to Kazan, about 200 people were on board. There are no dead and victims.

“According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, on April 29, the A-320 Air Air Airline Air Airlines, which performed the charter flight along the Sharm-El-shih-shih-Kazan route, flew over the territory of Syria, recorded signs of combat operations, which, according to the crew, threatened the security of the aircraft ... The aircraft landed at the schedule of schedule”. - It is said in the message on the website of the Ministry of Transport.

Last year, the Syrian opposition threatened to start shooting passenger aircraft following in Damascus and Aleppo. According to the Free Army of Syria, civil flights are used by the Bashar al -Assad regime to supply weapons from Russia, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, Bloomberg wrote .