Amman: A Jordanian pilot was captured by Daesh (Isil) fighters after his warplane was downed near Raqqa, Syria, according to a Reuters report quoting his family members.
Daesh has also posted a picture of what looks like a glass canopy of an aircraft purporting to show remains of the fighter jet in Raqqa on Wednesday, December 24.
طيار أردني لم يجد إﻻ مياه الرقة ليستمتع بالسباحة و اﻵن ستداعبه سكين الزرقاوي .. هنيئآ مريئآ pic.twitter.com/dht5BiTUhK— السلطان سنجر ✒ (@Alsultansinjer2) December 24, 2014
The Jordanian pilot, whose warplane was reportedly shot down over the jihadists’ stronghold in the eastern Syrian province of Raqqa, was shown in a series of pictures around cheering gunmen carrying a young and apparently battered man.
The man was wearing nothing but a white shirt have surfaced online in the wake of the crash.
The man is allegedly the Jordanian Air Force pilot, Muadh Yusuf. Daesh claims to have shot his plane down with an anti-aircraft missile.
The plane crash was first confirmed by the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
It also noted that the shooting down sets precedent for Daesh's ability to down advanced jet.
Confirmation
Later on Wednesday, the Jordanian military confirmed one of its pilots had been captured during coalition airstrikes on Daesh-held territory.
The Jordanian army told Daesh it is responsible for the pilot’s wellbeing.
"Jordan holds the group and its supporters responsible for the safety of the pilot and his life," Reuters cites a Jordanian army statement as saying.
Two relatives of the pilot told Reuters they had been notified by the head of the Jordanian air force about the incident.
