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To: 1rudeboy
According to Ankara, the Russian jet was hit in Turkish airspace after it failed to respond to warnings. However, rescued pilot Captain Konstantin Murakhtin insists that his plane did not cross into Turkey's airspace, and said 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 RT. "We were flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters in completely clear weather, and I had total control of our flight path throughout."

The article you quote was posted on October 6th - before all the evidence was in. Later reviews showed that the jet was not in Turkey, and if it was only for 3 seconds. That is not a cause to shoot down a plane, warning or not - those sorts of incidents are a call for escorts, not missiles. The shoot down was deliberate act by Erdogen & Co and made with foreknowledge of the jet's position, else it could not have happened - the time was too brief.

You evidently have a very strong personal dislike of the Russians, and things Russian. You really must have had a very dreadful experience with them at some point.

95 posted on 11/28/2015 5:43:24 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF
"Later reviews showed...."

Got a link to any? My personal dislike for Putin, and his sychophants here, has nothing to do with what the Russian Defense Ministry itself admits.

So if you have anything that shows the Russians walked-back that statement, let's see it. I'd also like to hear why the Russians claim bad weather caused the incident, while the pilot claims the weather was "completely clear."

97 posted on 11/28/2015 8:45:12 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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