As the opposition forces took over Damascus and ‘freed’ the capital of Syria from Bashar Al-Assad’s rule, reports suggested that Assad took a plane from the Damascus International Airport and fled to an undisclosed destination.
Meanwhile, a frantic search is underway to locate the deposed Syrian President Assad as rebel forces are questioning Syrian military officers and intelligence officials who may have knowledge of his whereabouts.
Apart from the rebels, open-source flight trackers have made a startling revelation. According to them, the last plane to leave Damascus was an Illyushin-76 aircraft, flight number Syrian Air 9218. The open-source flight trackers say that this aircraft was likely to be carrying Assad.
Sudden Disappearance and Altitude Change suggests it was Shot Down. Unconfirmed information is being circulated about the sudden descent of the plane that was reportedly carrying Assad after it disappeared from radar and dropped suddenly from an altitude of over 3,650 meters to 1,070 meters in a few minutes, just outside Lebanese airspace north of Akkar.
3D flight radar data of the plane suspected of carrying Bashar al-Assad indicates that it crashed. The Syrian Air IL-76 aircraft’s altitude dropped suddenly, and it seems it was shot down.”
