Syrian Air Flight 442 (RB442), an Airbus A320 registered YK-AKE suspected of carrying weapons from Moscow to Damascus was forced to land at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Oct. 10, 2012.
The civil liner, with 35 passengers on board, was intercepted by the Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets as it entered the eastern part of the Turkish airspace and it is currently being inspected.
25 Turkish F-16s were moved to Diyarbakir airbase on Monday following the border crisis with Syria.
Noteworthy, the flight from Moscow can be tracked until it reached Ukraina using ADS-B.
Turkish planes have been banned from flying in the Syrian airspace: flights carrying pilgrims to Jeddah landed in Adana, due to the closure of Syria’s airspace.
Image credit: TuAF
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