Juruterbang yg diselamatkan jet Tentera
Udara Rusia Su-24, Kapten Konstantin Murakhtin, tengah, menjawab soalan
wartawan di Pangkalan Udara Khmeimim di Latakia (Rescued pilot of the Russian
Air Force's Su-24 jet, Captain Konstantin Murakhtin, center, answers
journalists' questions at Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia) © Dmitriy Vinogradov/Sputnik
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Su-24 Rusia ditembak jatuh oleh jet pejuang Turki pada Selasa menegaskan bahawa
pesawat itu tidak menyeberang ke ruang udara Turki, dan berkata dia tidak
diberi amaran visual radio sebelum melepaskan tembakan.
‘Turkish
jets gave us no warning before shooting’ - rescued pilot of downed Russian
Su-24
"Ianya
adalah mustahil bahawa kami melanggar
ruang udara mereka walaupun untuk kali yang ke-2," Konstantin Murakhtin
kepada RT dan lain-lain media Rusia. "Kami terbang pada ketinggian 6,000
meter dalam cuaca benar-benar jelas, dan saya mempunyai kawalan jumlah laluan
penerbangan kami di seluruhnya."
“It’s
impossible that we violated their airspace even for a second,” Konstantin
Murakhtin told RT and other Russian media. “We were flying at an altitude of
6,000 meters in completely clear weather, and I had total control of our flight
path throughout.”
MORE: Rescued pilot of downed Su-24 says his plane didn't
cross into Turkey’s airspace (LAGI: Diselamatkan juruterbang Su-24 yg dijatuhkan
berkata pesawat itu tidak menyeberang ke ruang udara Turki) http://on.rt.com/6xk7 10:39 PM - 25 Nov
2015
Dan juga
menafikan dakwaan Ankara bahawa pesawat itu di ruang udara Turki, Murakhtin,
yang mengatakan dia tahu kawasan misi "seperti belakang tangan saya,"
juga menyangkal dakwaan pegawai Turki 'bahawa juruterbang telah diberi amaran
berkali-kali.
"Sebenarnya,
tidak ada amaran sama sekali. Tidak melalui radio, mahupun visual, jadi kami
tidak pada bila-bila menyesuaikan laluan. Anda perlu memahami perbezaan dalam
kelajuan antara pengebom taktikal seperti Su-24, dan juga F16 itu. Jika mereka
mahu memberi amaran kepada kami, mereka boleh dekat di atas sayap kami,
"kata Murakhtin, yang kini berehat di pangkalan udara Rusia di Latakia,
utara Syria.
"Kerana
ia adalah, peluru berpandu memukul belakang pesawat kami entah dari mana. Kami
tidak mempunyai masa untuk membuat gerakan mengelak."
BACA
LAGI: bocor surat Ankara PBB mendakwa 'ruang udara melanggar' Su-24 berlangsung
17 saat (READ
MORE: Leaked Ankara UN letter claims Su-24's ‘air space violation’ lasted 17
seconds)
Ketika
pesawat itu dilanda lalu turun di Syria, 2 juruterbang dikeluarkan. Kapten
Sergey Rumyantsev terbunuh, dengan orangTurk pasukan pemberontak mendakwa
mereka ditembak mati ketika ia masih pada payung terjun.
Murakhtin
diekstrak dalam satu operasi bersama 12 jam oleh pasukan khas Rusia dan Syria,
di mana marine Rusia trrkorban.
Para
juruterbang berusia 39 tahun itu, yang memenangi anugerah Top Navigator di
terbesar persaingan ketenteraan terbang Rusia tahun lepas, kata beliau akan
meminta untuk kembali kepada perkhidmatan barisan hadapan sebaik sahaja dia patut
diisytiharkan.
"Saya
perlu 'membayar balik' hutang untuk ketua pasukan saya," kata Murakhtin.
Kejadian
itu telah membawa kepada Rusia menuduh Turki ahli NATO sebuah "provokasi
yang dirancang," sebagai tentera kerjasama telah digantung di antara
kedua-dua negeri. Kedua-dua pihak, bagaimanapun, telah berikrar untuk
mengelakkan peningkatan lanjut, dengan mesyuarat dirancang antara menteri luar.
Turki
telah menyokong kuasa-kuasa anti-kerajaan di Syria sejak pemberontakan meletus
terhadap Bashar Assad pada tahun 2011. Rusia telah berpegang kuat dengan ajaran
disokong Assad, dan telah menjalankan kempen serangan udara atas permintaannya
sejak September.
Kedua-dua
Rusia dan Turki telah mengutuk Negara Islam (IS), tetapi juga menuduh antara
satu sama lain untuk membolehkan kemajuan, dengan Vladimir Putin memanggil
menembak jatuh jet Rusia "menikam dari belakang oleh keganasan rakan
sejenayah."
As well
as denying Ankara’s assertions that the plane was in Turkey’s airspace,
Murakhtin, who says he knows the mission area "like the back of my hand," also refuted Turkish
officials’ claims that the pilots were warned repeatedly.
“In actual fact, there were no warnings at
all. Neither through the radio, nor visually, so we did not at any point adjust
our course. You need to understand the difference in speed between a tactical
bomber like a Su-24, and that of the F16. If they wanted to warn us, they could
have sat on our wing,” said Murakhtin, who is currently recuperating at
Russia’s airbase in Latakia, northern Syria.
“As it was, the missile hit the back of our
plane out of nowhere. We didn’t even have time to make an evasive maneuver.”
As the
plane was hit and went down in Syria, the two pilots ejected. Captain Sergey
Rumyantsev was killed, with a rebel Turkmen brigade claiming they shot him to
death while he was still parachuting.
Murakhtin
was extracted in a 12-hour joint operation by Russian and Syrian special
forces, in which a Russian marine died.
The
39-year-old airman, who won the Top Navigator award at Russia’s biggest
military flying competition last year, says he will ask to return to front-line
service as soon as he is declared fit.
“I must
‘pay back’ the debt for my captain,” said Murakhtin.
The
incident has led to Russia accusing NATO member Turkey of a “planned
provocation,” as military co-operation has been suspended between the two
states. Both sides, however, have vowed to avoid further escalation, with a
meeting planned between foreign ministers.
Turkey
has been supporting anti-government forces in Syria since a rebellion broke out
against Bashar Assad in 2011. Russia has staunchly backed Assad, and has been
conducting an airstrike campaign at his request since September.
Both
Russia and Turkey have condemned Islamic State, but have also accused each
other of enabling its progress, with Vladimir Putin calling the downing of the
Russian jet “a stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorism.”
