Bashar Assad – there is a possibility that the president of Syria died in a plane crash – World
It is currently unclear why the plane suddenly turned around.
The plane of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad disappeared from the radar after his quick escape due to the capture of Damascus by the rebels. There is a high probability that he died in a plane crash.
Reuters writes about it.
What is known
According to Flightradar, the Syrian Air plane took off from the Damascus airport around the time the capital was reported to have been captured by rebels. At first, the plane flew towards the coastal region of Syria, a stronghold of Assad's Alawite sect, but then turned sharply and flew in the opposite direction for several minutes. After that he disappeared from the map.
“Reuters was not immediately able to determine who was on board. Two Syrian sources said there was a very high possibility that Assad could have died in the plane crash, as according to the Flightradar website, it remains a mystery…
