Turkish military has shot down a Russian war plane near its border to Syria, Ankara and Moscow confirms. The
Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet was shot down by Turkish F-16 fighter planes
on Tuesday morning after violating the country's air space and ignoring
nearly a dozen warnings, army officials said.
However, Russia's Ministry of Defence claims the jet was in Syrian airspace, and was shot down from the ground. Footage
shows the plane engulfed in flames as it comes crashing down in Syria's
Turkomen Mountains, an area which has been the cause of recent tensions
between Turkey and Russia.
The
Turkish army said the pilots of the Russian jet had been warned 'ten
times in the space of five minutes' before the plane was shot down.
Both
pilots ejected themselves from the jet and could be seen parachuting
down to the ground, where one has been reported as captured by Syrian
Turkmen rebels who are hunting for the second pilot.
Russia's Defence Ministry said in a statement that they are looking into the circumstances of the crash of the Russian jet.
'The Ministry of Defence would like to stress that the plane was over the Syrian territory throughout the flight.'
The statement also claimed that the Sukhoi-24 had been shot down from the ground at the altitude of 6,000metres(3.73m).
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