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‘Turkish jets gave us no warning before shooting’ – rescued pilot of downed Russian Su-24

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 8:34
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‘Turkish jets gave us no warning before shooting’ – rescued pilot of downed Russian Su-24

Published time: 25 Nov, 2015 14:33 Edited time: 25 Nov, 2015 15:13
Rescued pilot of the Russian Air Force's Su-24 jet, Captain Konstantin Murakhtin, center, answers journalists' questions at Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia. © Dmitriy Vinogradov
Rescued pilot of the Russian Air Force’s Su-24 jet, Captain Konstantin Murakhtin, center, answers journalists’ questions at Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia. © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik
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The navigator of the Russian Su-24 shot down by a Turkish fighter jet on Tuesday insists that his plane did not cross into Turkey’s airspace, and says he was given no visual or radio warning before being fired at.

It’s impossible that we violated their airspace even for a second,” Konstantin Murakhtin told Russia’s Rossiya 1 channel. “We were flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters in completely clear weather, and I had total control of our flight path throughout.”

 

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