Russia says Syrian missile shot down aircraft

Russia’s Defence Ministry says one of its reconnaissance aircraft with 15 people on board has been brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea

Ilyushin Il-20M, NATO reporting name “Coot-A” Russian electronic surveillance aircraft

Side-looking airborne radar (SLAR)
Length     35.9m
Wingspan   37.4m 
Powerplant Four turboprops
Crew       5 + 8 mission specialists 
First observed 1978


TURKEY
Aleppo 
Latakia 
SYRIA
LEBANON
Damascus
ISRAEL 
JORDAN
IRAQ
200km 125 miles

Sep 17, 20:00GMT: Aircraft hit 35km offshore as it was returning to base. Russian military says plane was caught in crossfire as four Israeli jets attacked targets in northwest Syria



Sources: Associated Press, Global Security    © GRAPHIC NEWS