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this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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Yeah. Can't tell whether this is the second one or if this is a week old news.
It's a second one.
shot trying to escape with a nice jet maybe
One of their more advanced and irreplaceable jets. Hopefully there's also one less terrorist in the world.
The pilot unfortunately survived
The plane didn't tho
Is this new, or the aircraft short down a few days ago? I’d believe the latter.
There was another aircraft shot down this morning
Outstanding.
Civilian or military?
I found more information and updated the title. It was a Su-35 fighter jet.
Couldn’t these pilots lie about a mechanical emergency to justify a route change, then get low and fast until they are safely inside Ukraine? What would the ideal processes be to defect with an aircraft like this that can go Mach 1+ at sea level? I’m legitimately asking, I don’t know much about military aviation.
I also wonder how they would get out of Russia and into Ukraine without being shot down by Ukraine, if they weren’t aware of what you were doing. I’d imagine the most dangerous part of the flight would be the front line areas where Ukraine and Russian air defense both would be targeting you?
It can be done by good communications with Ukraine and a prearranged landing point, as was the case with that helicopter. Even then, very dangerous for all involved.