Turkey shoots down 'Russian-made plane' on Syria border
Turkey has shot down a military plane on the Syrian border, according to local media reports
By
Raziye Akkoc, and agencies
8:51AM GMT 24 Nov 2015
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• Turkey shoots down military plane
• Ankara officials claimed it was in violation of its airspace
Turkey has shot down a military plane on the Syrian border, local media reported, citing military sources.
A plane exploded in the air and the fireball fell on a Turkmen mountain on the
Syrian side of the border, CNN-Turk and NTV televisions reported.
In video released by Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency, two pilots can be seen making a safe landing with their parachutes, though there were unconfirmed fears that one pilot had been taken hostage.
The aircraft crashed in the Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Turkish F-16 fighter jets shot down the plane after it violated Turkish air space close to the Syrian border and ignored warnings, a Turkish military official told Reuters.
The aircraft crashed in the Kizildag region of Turkey's Hatay province.
A Turkish government official told AFP news agency: "We are trying to identify the nationality of the plane." Presidential sources told Reuters that it was a Russian-made SU-24 plane but this does not necessarily mean it is plane used by the Russian military.
The office of Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish prime minister, said that Ankara would consult Nato and the UN on developments on the Syrian border.
Video: Turkey shoots down 'Russian military plane' on Syria border - Telegraph
