DUSHANBE, December 9, 2015 Asia-Plus – Russian media outlets report that President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russian has recovered the black box of a Russian bomber aircraft downed by Turkey last month and he wants international experts to analyze the black box.
The data from the black box of the downed Russian Su-24 bomber will prove that the aircraft was in Syrian airspace when it was attacked by Turkish forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu showed Putin the black box, which was recovered in Syria by Russian and Syrian forces.
“As I understand, the flight data recorder will give us the opportunity to understand the Su-24”s trajectory from the moment of its take-off to the moment of the crash,” Putin said. “This means we will be able to understand where it was [at the moment of the downing] and where the treacherous strike from the Turkish Air Force was dealt.”
Shoigu said the territory where the jet crashed was “liberated” by Syrian Special Forces from rebel control recently, allowing them to recover the black box.
“I ask you not to open it for the time being,” Putin told defense minister Sergei Shoigu. “Open it only in the presence of international experts. Everything needs to be thoroughly documented.”
Putin thanked everyone who participated in the operation to search for and retrieve the black box from Russia”s Su-24, which was shot down on November 24 by the Turkish Air Force.
The Kremlin has retaliated with a string of sanctions and reprisals over Turkey”s November 24 downing of the Russian jet on Turkey”s border with Syria.
Turkey says the Russian jet strayed into its airspace and ignored repeated warnings, while Moscow insists it was flying over Syria.
Sputnik
reports that during the meeting with Shoigu, Putin also addressed Moscow”s ongoing air campaign against Daesh, also known as ISIL/The Islamic State.
Putin said the results of strikes against Daesh targets with new high-precision weapons should be continually analyzed, and expressed hope that the fight against the terrorists would not require nuclear warheads.
