"The memory module located in the protective casing consists of an array of 16 chips, which are soldered into the unit. It can register up to 20 hours of flight. The plane's last flight lasted approximately 40 minutes," Col. Andrei Semenov, head of the Russian military’s information and analytic department on flight safety, said during a briefing as the flight recorder was opened before international observers and journalists.
18 December 2015, 07:10 GMT
The Russian Su-24 frontline bomber was brought down by Turkey in response to an alleged violation of Turkish airspace by the Russian aircraft. Both Russian and Syrian defense officials confirmed that the Su-24 never crossed into Turkish airspace, and was illegally downed in Syria.
Putin described the Turkish attack as a "stab in the back" carried out by "accomplices of terrorists." One of the plane’s two pilots was killed by rebel gunfire from the ground after they ejected. The second pilot was rescued.
