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Second Russian pilot from downed jet ‘picked up by Syrian army’

Paris: The second pilot from the Russian fighter jet downed by Turkey "was picked up by the Syrian army", Russia´s ambassador to France said Wednesday.

"(He) managed to escape and according to the latest information we have, he was picked up by the Syrian army and will be taken to the Russian airbase," Alexander Orlov told Europe 1 radio. The other

By AFP
November 25, 2015
Paris: The second pilot from the Russian fighter jet downed by Turkey "was picked up by the Syrian army", Russia´s ambassador to France said Wednesday.

"(He) managed to escape and according to the latest information we have, he was picked up by the Syrian army and will be taken to the Russian airbase," Alexander Orlov told Europe 1 radio. The other pilot was killed.