The defence ministry in Moscow said the aircraft was returning to the Russian-run Hmeymim airbase when, at about 11:00pm. In March this year, a Russian military transport plane crashed when coming in to land at the Hmeymim base, killing all 39 people on board. Several countries have military operations underway around Syria, with forces on the ground or launching strikes from the air or from ships in the Mediterranean. France was not involved in the disappearance of a Russian military aircraft over Syria, a spokesman for the French military said. Russia’s defence ministry said overnight that one of its military aircraft with 14 people on board disappeared from radar screens over Syria at the same time that Israeli and French forces were mounting aerial attacks on targets in Syria.

Source: bd News24 September 18, 2018 07:52 UTC