Under Damascus crashed military fighter MiG-23.

Received news agency Avia.pro details are controversial, in particular, according to some reports, the plane was Russian membership, and on the other, belonged to the Air Force of Syria. Given the fact that the Russian Federation does not use videoconferencing aircraft of this model, it is logical to say that the aircraft belonged to the Syrian Air Force, however, official comments on the matter has not yet been reported.

On board the aircraft there was only one member of the crew, however, as noted by the sources of such information, the pilot managed to make a bailout and has not suffered.

The causes and circumstances of the disaster currently remain unknown, however, the basic version is considered a technical failure.