The transponder trick that Putin used to smuggle Assad out of Syria: How dictator escaped in dramatic dash to his private plane, used a slight of hand to evade flight tracker and switched jets in Russia

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-12 03:59:09 | Updated at 2024-12-12 06:36:25 2 hours ago

The transponder trick that Putin used to smuggle Assad out of Syria: How dictator escaped in dramatic dash to his private plane, used a slight of hand to evade flight tracker and switched jets in Russia
Daily Mail UK ^ | December 11, 2024 | ED HOLT and OLIVIA CHRISTIE

Posted on 12/11/2024 7:42:01 PM PST by Red Badger

Kremlin sources have revealed the tricks Russia reportedly used to smuggle President Bashar al-Assad out of Syria as his regime suddenly collapsed.

It comes as one of Vladimir Putin's allies confirmed for the first time today that Russia did indeed help the ousted dictator flee to Moscow.

Three sources told Bloomberg News that Moscow organised for Assad to escape via its air base on the Syrian coast, using a 'transponder trick'.

He was reportedly ordered to tell no-one, switch his transponder off and get on his private plane in the capital Damascus.

The aircraft then travelled to Russia’s Khmeimim air base on the Syrian coast, before Assad headed to Moscow, possibly on a military plane, the sources have claimed.

It is understood Putin personally approved Assad's rescue but has no intention of meeting him now he is in exile.

Agents working for the Russian government convinced Assad to leave the country immediately after it became clear he would lose a fight with the rebels, the Kremlin sources said.

It comes after flight-tracking website Flightradar24 showed a plane believed to be carrying Assad as he left the Syrian capital Damascus in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The plane headed towards the Mediterranean Sea, before making a U-turn and disappearing from the map.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Travel
KEYWORDS: aviation; russia

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1 posted on 12/11/2024 7:42:01 PM PST by Red Badger

To: Red Badger

At first glance, I read the headline as:

The TRANSGENDER trick that Putin used...

Too much tranny stuff every day!

2 posted on 12/11/2024 7:44:49 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Facts can be ignored, but their consequences cannot be escaped” -- Thomas Sowell)

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