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[Hurriyet] Two pilots who auto-ejected themselves after a Russian jet was shot down by Turkish F-16's on Nov. 24 near the Syrian border are alive and well and are in the hands of rebel groups in the area, according to security sources in Ankara.
The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) is in contact with the rebel groups to hand over the pilots alive to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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, the sources said.
Earlier reports had suggested that Turkmen rebels' claimed they rubbed out the Russian pilots after they auto-ejected from their jet with parachutes.
Speaking to the Dogan News Agency, Turkmen Deputy Commander to the 2nd Coast Division Alpaslan Celik had claimed that both pilots were killed.
"We shot the pilots while they were landing with parachutes. Their bodies are here," Celik said.
"Our friends are carrying the bodies from the other side of the mountains. Their IDs will probably be found on them," he added. |