Turkey’s General Staff recently announced that upon inspection of the wreckage collected thus far, there has been no evidence of contact with any sort of explosive. The announcement has since brought the question of how the Turkish jet was brought down to the surface, however it appears it will take an investigation into the wreckage of the main body of the aircraft to come up with a definitive answer.
Meanwhile, the Gendarmerie Criminal Department has completed an investigative report on all materials collected on the water surface, which states that no evidence was found that there was any presence of petrol-based explosives or any other form of flame igniting materials, there were no organic or inorganic explosives found nor traces of any form of ammunition.
A series of question marks have aroused since this announcement, which hopefully will be answered upon inspection of the remaining wreckage which is currently lying on the sea bed. Once the main body section of the aircraft is brought up to the surface a closer inspection should provide the answers as to why the jet crashed.
Meanwhile, the Nautilus explorer ship has had to leave the search region due to a malfunctioning of the camera system, which has resulted in delays in recovering the remaining wreckage. Turkey's Armed Forces is now seeing out ships with similar capabilities in order to recover the remainder of the jet.
RECORDS COME FORTH ON JULY 18TH
One of the most significant forms of data to surface regarding the cause of the fighter jets crash will be radar records to be provided by Russia upon Turkey's request. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to share this information with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan during his trip to Russia on July 18th.
Meanwhile, Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov states, "This event should not be considered to be provocation or a planned incident. We are ready to share our objective observations and data."
USA: WE HAVE SHARED INFORMATION
The United States Ambassador to Ankara Francis Ricciardone has announced that the U.S. has handed over all of the information they have regarding the Turkish military jet being shot down by Syria in the Eastern Mediterranean. Stating, "Our allies Turkey have lost two pilots, it appears they were flying an unarmed plane", Ricciardone said that the information the United States has does not contradict the information collected thus far by Turkey.