Russian military transport aircraft An-26 managed to avoid a collision with two US drones in northern Syria
Russian military transport aircraft An-26 managed to evade a collision with two American drones MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator, following the course of the transport. The incident took place in northern Syria. This was announced by the Deputy Head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, Major General Oleg Yegorov.
According to the general, the Russian An-26 aircraft followed with cargo for the Russian group in Syria. The flight took place along a pre-approved route in northern Syria. At this time, two American drones appeared on the route, as a result of which the aircraft crew had to use an evasive maneuver to avoid a collision with drones. The incident took place on the morning of October 3rd.
- said in a statement.
According to the Russian military, this is not the first time that the Americans violate the provisions of the memorandum of understanding signed back in 2015 on incident prevention and flight support. aviation during operations in Syria. At the same time, the Pentagon said that they maintain contacts with the Russian military to prevent incidents.
In turn, the press secretary of the US Department of Defense, Brigadier General of the Air Force Patrick Ryder said that the airspace of Syria is "disputed", the United States has its own approaches, developed as part of the fight against terrorists in the Middle East. He refused to explain this, sending those interested in the details to the US Central Command, whose area of operational responsibility includes the Middle East and North Africa.
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