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Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan - BBC News 21 June 2012 Last updated at 07:35 ET Continue reading the main story UN mission at crossroadsRussia stands by AssadAn intractable conflict?Qubair: Sectarian strife grows A Syrian fighter plane has landed at a military air base in the north of Jordan and the pilot has asked for asylum, Jordanian officials say. Jordan's Minister of Information, Samih al-Maaytah, said the pilot of the Mig 21 jet was being debriefed. Syrian state TV said a fighter plane, flown by an air force colonel, had gone missing during a training mission. The incident comes amid shelling in the city of Homs where Red Cross teams are poised to evacuate civilians. The Russian-made Mig 21 landed at the King Hussein Air Base in Mafraq, close to the Syrian border, officials said. It is believed to be the first such defection by a Syrian pilot with his plane. A spokesman for the rebel Free Syrian Army, Ahmad Kassem, said the group had encouraged the pilot to defect, the Associated Press news agency reported. The Syrian state news agency Sana named the pilot as Col Hassan Mirei al-Hamadeh, and said his plane was near the southern border when contact was lost at around 10:34 (07:34 GMT).
Syrian fighter pilot defects to Jordan - BBC News
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