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'Titanic' Explorer Locates Downed Pilots

Robert Ballard, most famous for finding Titanic, helped locate the bodies of two Turkish pilots shot down by Syria June 22, 2012.
This photo taken Wednesday, July 4, 2012 and provided by the Turkish military, shows the helmet of one of the Turkish pilots of an RF-4 Phantom jet which was shot down by Syrian forces June 22, 2012. Turkey says the plane was hit in international airspace, but Syria insists it was flying low inside Syrian airspace.
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The Wreckage

This photo taken Wednesday, July 4, 2012 and provided by the Turkish military, shows the helmet of one of the Turkish pilots of an RF-4 Phantom jet which was shot down by Syrian forces June 22, 2012. Turkey says the plane was hit in international airspace, but Syria insists it was flying low inside Syrian airspace.

Credit: AP Photo/Turkish Military

Related: URI Professor helps locates pilots' bodies in Turkey

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