Arabic → English transcript

Dear viewers, we learn about the latest developments with our colleague,

Abdeljalil Masaa, a journalist at Al Arabiya Network.

To understand from him in particular the details of the plane’s crash, Abdeljalil,

the fighter jet…

Inside Iranian territory, after all these statements— even

though there have been no statements so far— official American ones.

I am not talking about a statement from a U.S. administration official.

Has it become clear and revealed anything new? Certainly, the officials on

the American military side had confirmed this incident,

but there has been no response so far from the administration or any comment.

But at the same time, we saw U.S. aircraft start flying at very

low altitudes in other areas, in the Jask region and areas near the

Strait of Hormuz, and areas close to the Arabian Sea.

Today we were surprised as we were watching these images published by sources close

to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. What is happening?

There is footage of an American fighter jet flying at low altitude.

These scenes we have seen many times,

and on many occasions we see an interceptor missile It tries to

shoot down these fighters,

and each time the fighter is damaged and returns to base,

or also sometimes it suffers minor damage, but what happened this time is that the

fighter went down. This is normal and expected,

and it still remains within the framework of the lowest losses so far,

given the number of fighters and the volume of flights over Iran,

but what happened afterward

is what happens every time an American plane goes down.

What happens is these scenes that we are watching: a C- 130J, which in this

version is an aircraft that carries fuel, as we see a helicopter,

a Black Hawk, we see it refueling from it, with this protruding probe that allows

it to refuel in the air. And this group, under the command of the command- and-

control center, is the large C- 130 searching for the pilot. What happens is

what is known as the golden hour, which is the attempt

to reach the pilot before he is found by

the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps,

or even some sympathizers from the Basij or civilians.

But what… Sometimes it happens there may be reverse sympathy,

and there are those who hide the pilot.

The area has a low population density but it is very open and also,

in the event there are injuries, because the fighter jet flying

at a low altitude may not have given the pilot enough time for a safe landing.

He may be injured,

but the images we saw show reaching the pilot’s seat,

yet there is no trace of the pilot so far. Who reached him?

Did the Iranians reach him? There is no information so far.

The search efforts are ongoing,

but what is striking for attention, and we may pass this point on to your

guests, Reem, is how this massive aircraft, the refueling plane,

and with it helicopters,

can roam freely in Iranian airspace.

The indication here is the collapse of air defenses in this area,

even if America lost a fighter jet in the skies.