Authorities in charge of investigating the circumstances of the June 22 crash of a military plane in the Mediterranean said on Wednesday that the jet was attacked by Syrian forces while it was flying in international airspace.

Releasing the findings of an investigation, the General Staff's Military Prosecutor's Office blamed the plane's crash on a missile attack by the Syrian forces, although it revealed that the aircraft did not crash as a result of being directly hit by a missile. According to the findings, the plane crashed into the water after a missile fired by Syrian forces exploded at the left side of the back of the plane, creating a “blast effect.”

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