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It is noted that Turkish military procedures and regulation provide that in case of a threat, pilots have full authority to respond. Amid the armed conflict no further authorization from the command is required to carry out an attack. Every action undertaken by pilots is controlled in real time by their commanders, Hurriyet reported with reference to an unnamed source.

Within five minutes the pilots briefed Air Missile Defense Commander Lt. Gen. Mehmet Sanver and Turkish Air Force Commander Abidin Unal. When the pilots did not receive a command to cancel the procedure [to attack the aircraft, according to Turkish regulations to respond to a threat], successfully implemented it, the newspaper quoted the source as saying.

Read alsoMEA pilot recalls downing of Russian jetAs UNIAN reported earlier, the Turkish Air Force took down a Russian Su-24 bomber at the Syrian-Turkish border on November 24, after it violated the Turkish airspace.

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Russia confirmed the plane that crashed in the Syrian area Bayırbucak, located opposite Yayladagi district of Turkish Hatay province, belonged to it, and NATO confirmed the data provided by Turkey regarding the aircraft violation of its [Turkey’s] airspace.