Search teams find bodies of Turkish pilots shot down by Syria

[Surenas]

Search and rescue team have located the bodies of two Turkish pilots of a jet downed by Syria in the Mediterranean Sea today.

Pilot Capt. Gökhan Ertan and pilot Lt. Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy had been missing since their RF-4 plane was shot down by Syria on June 22.

The Turkish Army altered its rules of engagement regarding Syrian military targets after the downing of the jet. Any Syrian military vessel approaching the Turkish border will be considered a "threat," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a party meeting on June 26.

"Syria has become a clear and present danger for Turkey," Erdoğan said the same day.

Turkey has sent missile batteries, tanks and troops to the border last week. Dozens of military vehicles headed for the border in a convoy that included air defense systems.

Turkey claims the plane was shot in international airspace with a heat- or laser-guided missile, but Syria rejects the claims, saying the Turkish jet was shot by anti-aircraft gunners as it flew at an altitude of 100 meters within Syrian airspace.

POLITICS - Search teams find bodies of Turkish pilots shot down by Syria

RIP.

 

[Killuminati]

Shaheeds insha Allah shaheeds!!!! They are not death, they are alive and flying like how they flyed the jets!

 

[Mosamania]

Inna lillah we inna ilaih raji'un....

Allah rahmet eylesin.

 

[abay]

RIP.

Allah rahmet eylesin.

 

[amalakas]

My commiserations to their families, I am sorry for their loss.

 

[Backbencher]

RIP

 

[Freddie]

May there Soul Rest in Peace.

 

[Worf]

Allah rahmet eylesin. RIP.

 

[Ir.Tab.]

I offer my sincere condolences to their families. RIP.

 

[Arian]

Allah rehmet eylesin. May they rest in peace.

 

[Ottoman-Turk]

two pilots with children died just for the sake of politics .

Allah rahmet eylesin

 

[Serpentine]

May these 2 soldiers rest in peace,forever.

 

[W.11]

inna lillahe wa inna ilaihe rajiun, if they are not atheists

otherwise rest in peace

 

[Ottoman-Turk]

Muslim brother not atheist , if you saw hes dad's face it would tell you

from his beard i can say hes a proper muslim and proper turk

 

[Targon]

What is a "proper Turk" ?