The pilot of the Syrian Air Force fighter, which crashed on the border with Turkey, was found alive

The Syrian pilot, which controlled the MiG-21 fighter, which crashed on the border with Turkey, was found on the morning of March 5 40 kilometers from the place of falling the aircraft, Reuters reports with reference to Dogan News Agency . He was discovered by Turkish rescuers, who brought the victim of the military to the Hatai city hospital.

“Yes, the pilot was delivered to us. We cannot give any additional information about it by order of the authorities,” TASS told the hospital.

On Saturday evening, March 4, the Syrian state television channel said that the Syrian Air Force plane crashed near the border with Turkey. It was noted that communication was lost with the pilot. It was also reported that the MiG-21 pilot pilot could be shot down by militants in the north-west of Syria, and the pilot catapulted and hit the territory of Turkey.

Reuters notes that the cause of the incident has not yet been established, the technical reason for the fall of the aircraft is not excluded. At the same time, RIA Novosti reports that earlier militants of the Ahrar Ashham terrorist group prohibited in Russia said that they shot down the MiG-21 plane in the north-west of Syria. Sources in Damascus refute information about the loss of the aircraft as a result of the attack of the militants.