Russian Passenger Plane Fired Upon by Syrian Rebels

A Russian airliner carrying one hundred fifty nine passengers had two missiles fired at it, as it flew over Syria.

The Nordwind Airlines Airbus A320 was flying from Kazan, Russia to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Monday afternoon.

As it was flying at around thirty-two thousand feet, the pilots detected two incoming missiles.

The pilots were able to take emergency measures and safely maneuver the plane out of harms way.

No damage was taken by the plane, nor was anyone aboard injured.

As the region where the missiles originated from is under rebel control, they are being blamed for the attack.

Russia has now banned all aircraft from flying over Syrian airspace, before they had just advised planes to avoid it.