Russian helicopter makes emergency landing in Syria

[Flanker]

AL Jazeera TV citing Syrian opposition reported it has been shot down.
To be confirmed.

[Stratofreighter]

AL Jazeera TV citing Syrian opposition reported it has been shot down.
To be confirmed.

That Mil Mi-17 is destroyed now...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/IschF-ihjS0
and see the English instructions on the weapon used to blow up that forced-down helicopter...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/ ... 7GRVh0u.97

Syrian fighters destroyed a Russian helicopter with a missile,
shortly after they forced it to make an emergency landing in a nearby government-held area in Syria's Latakia province on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

A Syrian insurgent group, recipient of U.S. Tow missiles, said its fighters hit the helicopter with an anti-tank missile while it was in the air and put out a video showing the helicopter being blown up after one of its fighters struck it with another missile.

Rami Abdulrahman from the Observatory, which tracks the conflict in Syria though a wide network of sources, said at least ten people were on the helicopter when it was hit by the insurgents but they were all evacuated when it landed and before the missile destroyed it.

[hammarö]

The helicopters mission was to rescue the pilots from the downed Su-24 aircraft.

The helicopter had 12 soldiers and crew to rescue the downed pilots from Latakia air base.

The also downed helicopter personnel were rescued by Assads Syrain soldiers.

[Preben]

is it confirmed or not?

[hammarö]

The savers from the Assads Syrian Army who rescued the downed helicopter:

https://www.facebook.com/ForMotherSyria ... =3&theater

if you trust it.

Let us hope the information is right.

[hammarö]

Yellow 222 Mi-8AMTSh pictured.

Is it one of the participating rescue team helicopters.

Earlier have yellow 212 been visible in Latakia.

I also saw a Mi-24P on a TV channel as part of the recue team?

[De Verrekieker]

One of the Russian rescue Mi-8 blown up by a TOW missile. one crewmember dead, the rest escaped. The involved Mi-8MTSh is RF-95601/252(yellow) 562AvB AA

Greetz.