Syrian plane could not have carried ammunition - weapons exporters
MOSCOW. Oct 12 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian weapons exporters believe the statement made by the Turkish authorities that the Syrian plane en route from Moscow to Damascus was carrying ammunition is a provocation.
"There could not have been any ammunition aboard the plane because all cargo sent from Russian airports is thoroughly controlled by the appropriate services. Russian special exporters officially said that their property could not have been aboard the plane. If the Turkish authorities really found something, it could only have been contraband, which is not very likely. Most likely, it's a deliberate provocation," a high-ranking representative of a weapons export structure told Interfax-AVN on Friday, commenting on the statement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which said the Syrian plan forced to land in Ankara was carrying ammunition from Moscow to Damascus.
