Turkey shoots down Russian jet after violating its air space Tuesday Nov 24,2015

 

Turkey's military have today Tuesday Nov 24,2015 shot down a Russian war plane near its border with Syria after the jet violated Turkish air space.

The Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet was shot down by Turkish F-16 fighter planes after ignoring nearly a dozen warnings, Turkish army officials said.  

However, Russia's Ministry of Defence claims the jet was in Syrian airspace, and was shot down from the ground.

Footage reportedly filmed by rebels in Syria's Turkomen Mountains, an area which has been the cause of recent tensions between Turkey and Russia, shows local fighters cheer as they discover the body of one of the Russian pilots. 

Video footage shows the plane coming down engulfed in flames after being shot by Turkish fighter jets

The incident was caught on camera and has been broadcast on Turkish local TV and online

This image released by the Turkish Army reportedly shows the flight radar tracking the movement of the downed Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet, showing where it entered Turkish air space and where it went down