• Turkey claims it shot down Russian military plane
• Ankara officials claimed it was in violation of its airspace
• Plane given 10 warnings in 5 minutes, Ankara says
• Russia denies it violated Turkey airspace
• Plane crashed after heavy ground fire, says Moscow
• Pilots ejected safely but no contact with Moscow - fate yet unknown
A Russian warplane was shot down on the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday, defence officials in Moscow have confirmed, in the country’s first serious loss since it launched an air war in Syria in late September.
Russia’s ministry of defence said an SU-24 bomber had been downed over Syria and that it was investigating the circumstances of the crash. Both pilots safely ejected, the ministry said.
Earlier Turkish military officials said their airforce had downed an unidentified warplane after it violated Turkey’s airspace.
In a video, a plane is seen exploding in the air and the fireball fell on a Turkmen mountain on the Syrian side of the border, CNN-Turk and NTV broadcasters reported.
Two pilots can be seen making a safe landing with their parachutes in a video released by Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...n-Russian-military-plane-on-Syria-border.html
• Ankara officials claimed it was in violation of its airspace
• Plane given 10 warnings in 5 minutes, Ankara says
• Russia denies it violated Turkey airspace
• Plane crashed after heavy ground fire, says Moscow
• Pilots ejected safely but no contact with Moscow - fate yet unknown
A Russian warplane was shot down on the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday, defence officials in Moscow have confirmed, in the country’s first serious loss since it launched an air war in Syria in late September.
Russia’s ministry of defence said an SU-24 bomber had been downed over Syria and that it was investigating the circumstances of the crash. Both pilots safely ejected, the ministry said.
Earlier Turkish military officials said their airforce had downed an unidentified warplane after it violated Turkey’s airspace.
In a video, a plane is seen exploding in the air and the fireball fell on a Turkmen mountain on the Syrian side of the border, CNN-Turk and NTV broadcasters reported.
Two pilots can be seen making a safe landing with their parachutes in a video released by Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...n-Russian-military-plane-on-Syria-border.html
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