A Russian IL-20M (Ilyushin-20M) plane landing at an unknown location in 2006. Syrian air defenses accidentally shot down a similar plane on Sept. 17, 2018. Nikita Shchyukin/AFP/Getty Images
Syrian antiaircraft defenses mistakenly shot down a Russian patrol plane, killing all 15 people on board, during an Israeli air strike on hostile positions in Syria.
The Russian Ilyushin IL-20 was downed Sept. 17 by a Syrian S-200 missile, according to Russian news agency TASS.
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