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Urgent: Russian MoD confirms 2nd Su-24 pilot rescued

Xinhua, November 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday that the second pilot of the downed Russian Su-24 warplane was rescued.

The pilot was rescued "safe and sound" by Russian and Syrian forces and taken to Syrian Hmeimim airbase, where a Russian airforce group for anti-terrorist strikes is located, Tass news agency quoted Shoigu as saying. Endi