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Very strange. Reportedly, on RT news TV, passengers said masked men came on board the plane and several were hurt. They are now allowing the plane to continue to Syria but are keeping the cargo of the plane. The pilot was asked to get off the plane and sign a statement or he would be arrested.
*Turkish F16 fighter jets forced a Syrian airline passenger plane to land in Ankara over suspicions it was carrying “non-civilian” cargo, says the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The Damascus-bound plane, which had departed from Moscow, is being inspected.
Ankara has granted the Syrian plane a departure clearance, after Turkish security confiscated its suspicious cargo, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a local broadcaster.
“Just because of the clear evidence that we received, we negotiated with our prime minister and decided to let the plane fly on to Syria with the passengers, but we are going to hold on to the material because of the ongoing investigation and the next steps,” he said. “Our investigation is continuing. Since there might be materials that were supposed to be declared but have not been, we are holding this material in our hands to continue to inspect.”
The plane remains in Ankara’s airport, as not all the formalities concerning the cargo have been tackled.
Russian diplomats arrived at the airport but were reportedly not allowed to meet with the passengers.
Earlier, Davutoglu said that Ankara had received intelligence that the Syrian plane was carrying “certain equipment in breach of civil aviation rules,” but refused to comment on the presumed content.
The Turkish authorities were interested in some spare parts, which a businessman bought in Russia and was transporting to Syria, passenger Fatima Al-Saman told RT. She said they were clearly not weapons.
“They started unloading some packages. They opened them, took pictures. There were many people. We all saw what was in there. There were no weapons. You could see it with an unaided eye!” she said.
Al-Saman added the search involved only luggage, and the passengers were mainly ignored by the Turks.*
Very strange. Reportedly, on RT news TV, passengers said masked men came on board the plane and several were hurt. They are now allowing the plane to continue to Syria but are keeping the cargo of the plane. The pilot was asked to get off the plane and sign a statement or he would be arrested.
*Turkish F16 fighter jets forced a Syrian airline passenger plane to land in Ankara over suspicions it was carrying “non-civilian” cargo, says the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The Damascus-bound plane, which had departed from Moscow, is being inspected.
Ankara has granted the Syrian plane a departure clearance, after Turkish security confiscated its suspicious cargo, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a local broadcaster.
“Just because of the clear evidence that we received, we negotiated with our prime minister and decided to let the plane fly on to Syria with the passengers, but we are going to hold on to the material because of the ongoing investigation and the next steps,” he said. “Our investigation is continuing. Since there might be materials that were supposed to be declared but have not been, we are holding this material in our hands to continue to inspect.”
The plane remains in Ankara’s airport, as not all the formalities concerning the cargo have been tackled.
Russian diplomats arrived at the airport but were reportedly not allowed to meet with the passengers.
Earlier, Davutoglu said that Ankara had received intelligence that the Syrian plane was carrying “certain equipment in breach of civil aviation rules,” but refused to comment on the presumed content.
The Turkish authorities were interested in some spare parts, which a businessman bought in Russia and was transporting to Syria, passenger Fatima Al-Saman told RT. She said they were clearly not weapons.
“They started unloading some packages. They opened them, took pictures. There were many people. We all saw what was in there. There were no weapons. You could see it with an unaided eye!” she said.
Al-Saman added the search involved only luggage, and the passengers were mainly ignored by the Turks.*