Ο εκπρόσωπος του ρωσικού ΥΕΘΑ κατηγόρησε τους Ισραηλινούς ότι βομβάρδισαν στόχους κοντά στο αεροδρόμιο της Δαμασκού, θέτοντας σε κίνδυνο επιβατηγό αεροσκάφος με 160 επιβάτες
Russian Defense Ministry: Israel’s airstrike on Damascus could have affected passenger plane
The plane was escorted out of the danger zone and assisted in landing at the Hmeymim air base
7 Feb,2020
An Airbus-320 with 172 passengers on board could have been targeted by Syrian missile defense systems because of Israel’s airstrikes on the Damascus suburbs on February 6, the plane was escorted out of the danger zone and assisted in landing at the Hmeymim air base, official spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Friday.
During the attack of Israeli fighter jets near Damascus airport, a passenger plane with 172 passengers on board en route from Tehran to Damascus was preparing to land, Konashenkov said. The passenger plane narrowly escaped “the lethal zone of artillery fire,” he added.
“Only thanks to the prompt actions of dispatchers at Damascus airport and the effective work of the automated system of monitoring air traffic, the Airbus-320 was escorted out of the danger zone and assisted in successfully landing at an aerodrome at the Russian air base Hmeymim,” he added.
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