'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.
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The Wreckage
The bodies of two Turkish pilots were recovered from the seabed on Thursday July 5, 2012 after U.S. ocean explorer Robert Ballard, best known for discovering the wreck of the Titanic, helped locate them nearly two weeks after their jet was shot down by Syria. A Turkish official said Ballard, aboard his deep-sea exploration vessel R/V Nautilus, found the bodies Wednesday 8.6 nautical miles off the Syrian coast after the Turkish navy had pinpointed the area.
Credit: AP Photo/Turkish Military
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