It certainly made for riveting television. That much was clear.
Captain Konstantin Murakhtin, the surviving airman of the Russian fighter jet downed by two Turkish F-16s on the Syrian/Turkish border Tuesday, appeared before Russian TV journalists to answer questions just days after the incident.
How was he feeling? Good. “Russian doctors work miracles,” Murakhtin said in a low baritone.
How well did he and his co-pilot know the terrain? “Like the back of my hand,” answered Murakhtin, adding that the Russian plane had never entered Turkish airspace “for a single second.”
Had Turkish jets issued warnings before firing? Not a single one. “The rocket …read more
Source: Voice of America
