Colonel Bezabih Petros was an Ethiopian pilot parachuted out from his plane and landed on Eritrean soil during Ethio-Eritrean war conducted in between 1998-2000. His whereabout is still unknown to the public. Is he still in jail or died?
It was on Friday, June 6, 1998, around midday that he jumped off his burning MIG 21 jet. His jet was gun down probably by zu-23 (23-mm Twin Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun) anti-aircraft machine at the Asmara Airport, a machine gun that the Eritrean guerilla fighters used decades ago.